| Main Performers | Hakan Hardenberger - trumpet |
| Orchestra or Band | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Dramatis Personae', B Dean
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.6 in A minor', Mahler |
| Performance Notes | Two contrasting heroes share the limelight in this evening of musical drama from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its new Chief Conductor, Andris Nelsons. Brett Deans trumpet concerto Dramatis personae, composed for tonights Swedish virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger, assigns all roles to the trumpet, casting him by turns as fallen superhero and accidental revolutionary. Mahlers Sixth Symphony sees the composer himself as cursed hero one, he explained, on whom fall three blows of fate, the last of which fells him as a tree is felled. The conclusion may be a tragic one but there are also scenes of beauty and joy in a work that includes a glowing theme associated with Mahlers wife Alma.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Proms premiere of 'Dramatis Paersonae', Brett Dean. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/107),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs |