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BBC Proms 99

on BBC Radio 3

Another chance to hear last
Tuesday's Prom in which a brief and eloquent memorial piece by the contemporary Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag prefaced Mahler's monumental symphony - an exploration of the aspirations of humanity for a better world, and the search for Utopia - which culminates in glorious heaven-storming optimism. Juliane Banse (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo),
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Gyorgy Kurtag Grabstein fur Stephan Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gyorgy Kurtag
Soprano:
Juliane Banse
Soprano:
Birgit Remmert
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Gyorgy Kurtag Grabstein

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