Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester

4th September 2009 Season 63 Episode 21

Charles Hazlewood presents as the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott, perform Mahler's heartbreaking Songs on the Death of Children with baritone soloist Matthias Goerne, and two works made famous by Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 - Strauss's visionary Also sprach Zarathustra and Ligeti's Atmospheres.

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Season 63 · Episode 22

Prom 53: Composers of the Year

A prom celebrating the four major composers whose anniversaries are being marked throughout the year: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, play Purcell's Abdelazar Suite which includes the theme used by Britten in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Handel's ever popular Water Music; Haydn's dramatic concert aria Scena di Berenice with soloist Joyce DiDonato as the distraught lover; and Mendelssohn's evocation of Scotland in his Symphony No 3, 'Scottish'. Introduced by Clive Anderson at the Royal Albert Hall.

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