Prom 56 - Strauss, Mahler
A Prom in which Semyon Bychkov conducts the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Strauss: Burleske (Kirill Gerstein - piano). Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor.
±«Óãtv PROMS 2011
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service
Another chance to hear Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, the Tragic, complete with fateful hammer blows: Semyon Bychkov conducts the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Plus an early piano concerto by Richard Strauss.
In Semyon Bychkov's second Prom this season, he conducts one of Mahler's most perfectly realised works, 'the only Sixth, despite the "Pastoral" ', in the words of Alban Berg. This is music of exceptional range and power, whose hammer-blows seem to portend the crises in Mahler's own life and the wider world. The curtain-raiser is a mini-concerto with echoes of Brahms and Liszt, especially in its treatment of the piano.Kirill Gerstein, an exceptional artist with roots in jazz as well as the classics, makes his first Proms appearance in the main hall.
R. Strauss: Burleske
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).
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Richard Strauss
Burleske in D minor AV.85 for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Performer: Kirill Gerstein - Piano Performer: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no. 6 in A minor
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Performer: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
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- Sun 28 Aug 2011 14:00±«Óãtv Radio 3