| Orchestra or Band | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Overture' from Don Giovani, Mozart,
'Symphony No.2', Knussen
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.7', Mahler |
| Performance Notes | After almost a decade at the helm of the BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (now returning as the orchestras Conductor Laureate) opens with Mozarts famous overture, by turns solemn, impetuous and edgy. Next we celebrate the 60th birthday of Oliver Knussen, one of British musics great originals, who found an individual voice while still in his teens. From dreaming sleep to a dawn awakening, the Second Symphony (1971) takes us through a landscape of iridescent colour with a vocal line that soars to stratospheric heights. Knussens nocturnal sequence finds a counterpart in the two Night Music movements of Mahlers Seventh Symphony, his own all-encompassing journey from darkness to light.
Paul Allen, co-found of Microsoft was in attendance.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2012/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2012/80),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/24) |