大象传媒

Afternoon on 3 with Catriona Young

Another chance to hear the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard, perform works by Schubert and Mahler.

Presented at the Royal Albert Hall, London by Ian Skelly

Schubert: Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'
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 here in the performing version by Deryck Cooke, which allows us to hear the work complete, in all its knotty, generous invention.

[First broadcast on Saturday 12th August]

Followed by a selection of music from this week's Proms artists.