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BBC Proms: 2016

BBC Proms: 2016: Prom 41: The Halle - Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde

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Prom 41: The Halle - Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde

16/08/2016

2016

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2016, Prom 41: The Halle - Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde

Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra in music by Berlioz, Colin Matthews and Mahler.

Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra. Berlioz: Overture (King Lear). Colin Matthews: Berceuse for Dresden. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.

Live at the BBC Proms: The Hallé under Mark Elder are joined by soloists Alice Coote, Gregory Kunde and Leonard Elschenbroich to perform Berlioz, Colin Matthews and Mahler 

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London 
Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

7pm
Berlioz: Overture 'King Lear' 
Colin Matthews: Berceuse for Dresden (London premiere)

7.35 PROMS INTERVAL: Mahler and the Tang Dynasty Poets
Stephen Johnson takes a closer look at the poetry used by Mahler in Das Lied von der Erde. He speaks to Chinese poet Yang Lian about the legacy of the Tang Dynasty poets. Dr Yixu Lu, Professor of German at Sydney University, explains why the ideas they expressed were relevant to the German speaking world around the turn of the twentieth century. 
Producer, Laura Yogasundram.

c.7.55pm
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde 

Leonard Elschenbroich, cello
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Gregory Kunde, tenor
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

Berlioz's King Lear overture was admired by the King of Hanover: 'How you have portrayed [Cordelia] - her humility and tenderness! It is heart-rending, and so beautiful!'
Continuing our focus on the cello this summer, Colin Matthews's Berceuse for Dresden takes inspiration from the eight bells of the Dresden church at which it was premiered.
In Mahler's exploration of darkness and radiance in his culminating synthesis of song and symphony, Das Lied von der Erde, he altered the parameters of vocal and orchestral expression for ever.

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