BBC Proms 2019, Prom 18 - Britten and Mahler (320kpbs .mp3)

BBC Proms 2019, Prom 18 - Britten and Mahler (320kpbs .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. Britten's Piano Concerto and Mahler's powerful orchestral song-cycle Das Lied von der Erde.

01. Britten: Piano Concerto, Op.13 (revised version, 1945)
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 18
02. Mompou - Suburbs (piano suite) 1st movement (encore)
03. Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde
03a. Introduction to Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Claudia Mahnke and Stuart Skelton are the soloists in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde - a powerful, personal statement of loss, orchestrated with infinite variety and skill.

It’s paired with another mould-breaking work Britten’s Piano Concerto. Premiered at the Proms in 1938 with the 24-year-old composer as soloist, the work is as much a celebration of orchestral texture as pianistic bravura, bursting with youthful energy and invention. Norwegian pianist and Proms regular Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist.

04. Proms 2019 Prom 18, Proms Plus Talk
INTERVAL - Proms Plus Talk: Hannah French and former Proms Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon discuss Henry Wood’s relationship with 20th-century music in the second of three events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Proms founder-conductor's birth.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Broadcast: 1 August 2019