Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	30th July 2010
To	30th July 2010
When	19:30
Prices	From £7.00. To £35.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Prom 18 - Australian Youth Orchestra

Work:: Prom 18 (S345)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Australian Youth Orchestra (T079609324)

Sir Mark Elder, who returns next week with his Halle orchestra, here introduces the first of the summer's youth orchestras. In his 10th Symphony Shostakovich embedded motto themes relating both to himself and to the young woman with whom he was infatuated, while for Mahler the German folk-poetry collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn ('The Youth's Magic Horn') proved a rich source of inspiration. Australian composer (and former Berlin Philharmonic viola player) Brett Dean based his orchestral fantasy on the description in a German children's book of a ruined Roman amphitheatre. Finish time: approx. 21:35

Conductor	Mark Elder (Sir)
Company	The Australian Youth Orchestra
Performer	Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano)

Listing:: L0245223105

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four

Australian Youth Orchestra

Sir Mark Elder, who returns next week with his Halle orchestra, here introduces the first of the summer's youth orchestras. In his 10th Symphony Shostakovich embedded motto themes relating both to himself and to the young woman with whom he was infatuated, while for Mahler the German folk-poetry collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn ('The Youth's Magic Horn') proved a rich source of inspiration. Australian composer (and former Berlin Philharmonic viola player) Brett Dean based his orchestral fantasy on the description in a German children's book of a ruined Roman amphitheatre. Finish time: approx. 21:35 Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four

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