| Set List | Eastman Symphony No. 2, The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friends Love for the Beloved 15
UK premiere
Mahler Rückert-Lieder 22
Interval
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E flat major 30 |
| Performance Notes | One day in 1983, the troubled American composer Julius Eastman presented his ex-boyfriend with a rolled-up score that of his Symphony No. 2. The music, which wasnt seen again or performed until 2018, tells of their love and its disintegration in an orchestral language all of its own part drone piece, part thematic symphony.
The BBC Symphony Orchestras Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska follows this remarkable work with Gustav Mahlers songs on love, loneliness and withdrawal, sung by the inimitable Jamie Barton, and Sibeliuss most awe-inspiring symphony, the Fifth his testament to natures capacity to embolden and console. |
| Related Archival Material | Prom Guide (RAHE/1/2024),
Programme (RAHE/1/2024) |
| Ticket Prices | £10-150, promming tickets £8 |