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BBC Proms 98

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A witty new work from American minimalist John Adams launches the second Prom of the visiting Los Angeles Philharmonic. The concert also features the beguiling and invigorating orchestral sonorities of Mahler's wayfarer songs and Sibelius's four great tone poems of mysterious Finnish legend.
Lorraine Hunt (mezzo), Los Angeles Philharmonic. conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

John Adams Slonimsky's Earbox (first London performance)
Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
7.35 Ancient Landscape
A visit to Finland, inspiration for Sibelius's Legends.
7.55 Sibelius Four Lemminkainen Legends

(Also on BBC2) (Repeated Friday 2pm)

Contributors

Mezzo:
Lorraine Hunt
Musicians:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Source: Radio Times

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