| Orchestra or Band | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Symphony No.2', Beethoven
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.5', Shostakovich |
| Performance Notes | One of Europes greatest orchestras, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, returns to the Proms under Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons. In the first of two concerts (see also Prom 17) they pair two contrasting symphonies in a programme that moves from sunshine to bitterness.
This symphony is smiling throughout, wrote Berlioz of Beethovens Second Symphony a work in which seemingly sunny moods conceal personal tragedy and loss. Loss and anger move to the foreground in Shostakovichs 10th Symphony, a work in which brutality and anguish speak emotively of life in Stalins Russia.
Mariss Jansons had to withdraw as conductor.
'Symphony No.10, Shostakovich was changed to 'Symphony No.5'. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2019/),
Programme (RAHE/1/2019/),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2019/),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2019/) |
| Ticket Prices | £7.50-£105, £6 gallery and arena standing |