Prom 56 - Rattle Conducts Mahler's Ninth
Work:: Prom 56 (S5993)
Part of the BBC Proms.
Production:: Rattle Conducts Mahler's Ninth (T01463614028)
In Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the composer - who would not live to hear its premiere - bid ‘farewell to all whom he loved'. The words ‘'Leb' wohl!' ('farewell') are written onto the score itself, transformed into a theme that becomes the heartbeat of the whole work. It's a poignant choice for Sir Simon Rattle's final UK performance as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Death and life collide in a symphony haunted by loss but urgently clinging to dance and song. The finale, however, looks beyond, closing with a vision of distant hills where the sun is shining. Opening the Prom is Poulenc's choral masterpiece Figure humaine, a hymn to freedom from occupied France, performed by the BBC Singers.
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Rattle Conducts Mahler's Ninth
In Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the composer - who would not live to hear its premiere - bid ‘farewell to all whom he loved'. The words ‘'Leb' wohl!' ('farewell') are written onto the score itself, transformed into a theme that becomes the heartbeat of the whole work. It's a poignant choice for Sir Simon Rattle's final UK performance as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Death and life collide in a symphony haunted by loss but urgently clinging to dance and song. The finale, however, looks beyond, closing with a vision of distant hills where the sun is shining. Opening the Prom is Poulenc's choral masterpiece Figure humaine, a hymn to freedom from occupied France, performed by the BBC Singers.
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