| Orchestra or Band | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
London Brass |
| Set List | Symphony No.104 in D Major, 'London', Haydn
INTERVAL
An Alpine Symphony, R Strauss
ENCORE
'Voice of Spring', Strauss |
| Performance Notes | The doyen of European conductors presents favourite repertoire with an ensemble closely associated with the history and traditions of orchestral music.
The last of Haydns symphonies, written while he was living in London, proved an instant critical and commercial success. Not so the Strauss, part-elegy for Mahler, part-celebration of the composer himself. Mingling childhood memories of a schoolboy mountaineering expedition with a deeper vision of mans place on earth, the work was received rather sniffily in Britain until dedicated interpreters such as Bernard Haitink arrived to change all that.
Full house with approxiamately 100 patrons turned away.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four television. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2012/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2012/133),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/24),
Digital Photographs |