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Prom 36: Schubert and Mahler

大象传媒 Proms 2017

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Thomas Dausgaard perform unfinished works by Schubert and Mahler.

Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, perform works by Schubert and Mahler.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Schubert: Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'

c. 8.00pm - INTERVAL: Proms Extra
David Owen Norris discusses unfinished works and composers who complete them.

c. 8.20pm
Mahler: Symphony No.10, compl. Deryck Cooke

大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

The 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, offer two contrasting answers to the problem of performing unfinished symphonies. Although Schubert started work on his Eighth Symphony nearly six years before his death, he never completed it and the two existing movements of this lyrical, proto-Romantic work are mostly performed without a scherzo or finale. Mahler's final symphony grapples with darkness and doubt in music of rare anguish and intensity. It is presented tonight in the performing version by Deryck Cooke, which allows us to hear the work complete, in all its knotty, generous invention.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Sat 12 Aug 2017 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 26:49

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished' (Proms 2017)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Interval

    Proms Extra: David Owen Norris discusses unfinished works and composers who complete them

    Duration: 21:52

  • Part 2

    Duration: 01:21:25

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 10 in F sharp minor (performing version by Deryck Cooke)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Post-concert

    Duration: 20:05

  • Karine Polwart

    A Time Will Come

    Composer: Naa Densua Tordzro. Performer: Karine Polwart. Performer: Naa Densua Tordzro.
    • The New European Songbook.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Romance & Tarantelle

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier.
    • Rachmaninoff: Works for Two Pianos - Lortie/Mercier.
    • Chandos.
    • 7-8.

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Performer 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Aug 2017 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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