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BBC Proms 2005

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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn's beautifully crafted single-movement symphony opens the Proms debut concert of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
A selection of Mahler's German folk-poetry settings is sung by a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation artist, also New Zealand born, and the concert ends with Sibelius's nationalistic Second Symphony. Presented by John Shea.

Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Judd

Lilburn Symphony No 3

Mahler Trosf im Ungluck; Der Tamboursg'sell; Revelge; Lob des hohen Verstandes; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

8.15 Interval: The Modern Soul
Katherine Mansfield's amusing short story describes how a pretentious fraulein and the trombone-playing Herr Professor are brought together following their performance at a charity concert. Read by Emma Fielding.

8.40 Sibelius Symphony No 2

Contributors

Presenter:
John Shea
Musicians:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
James Judd
Bass-baritone:
Jonathan Lemalu
Author (The Modern Soul):
Katherine Mansfield
Reader (The Modern Soul):
Emma Fielding
Source: Radio Times

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