Bruckner's Ninth Symphony

3rd September 2010 Season 64 Episode 21

Bruckner's last, unfinished symphony is performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the last youth orchestra to visit the Proms in the 2010 season. The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester was founded by Claudio Abbado in 1986, and was the first orchestra to unite musicians from both Eastern and Western Europe. They are led by conductor Herbert Blomstedt in a programme that includes Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with baritone Christian Gerhaher, and Hindemith's Symphony Mathis der Maler.

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Season 64 · Episode 22

Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic

Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker perform a concert of German late-Romantic music and works by three great pioneers of early 20th century Vienna. In the first half of this prom the opening Prelude from Wagner's opera Parsifal is paired with the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss sung by soprano Karita Mattila. After the interval, orchestral adventures by Schoenberg, Webern and Berg, who collectively became known as the the Second Viennese School but each developed their own distinct creative voice.

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