| Set List | 'Overture' from The Creatures of Prometheus, Beethoven,
'bTunes, B Jolas
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.1 in D Major, Mahler |
| Performance Notes | This is the sound of nature, not music, Mahler wrote of the opening of his Symphony No. 1. Birds sing and flowers bloom, fruit ripens and a storm swells and dies away; natures cycle from life to death runs through a work that fulfils the composers all-encompassing vision of the symphony.
Nature becomes a battleground in Beethovens ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, as gods and mortals clash in the vivid landscape of Classical mythology.
Karina Canellakis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert that also includes the world premiere of a new piano concerto by Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas: in the form of a suite evoking todays playlist-driven listening habits, these bTunes are Betsys answer to iTunes.
BBC co-commission and world premiere of 'bTunes, B Jolas. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26),
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/ ),
Digital Photographs |