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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2012 - One Hundred and Eighteenth Season - Prom 57 - Wagner, Berg, R. Strauss and Ravel
Performance Date26 August 2012
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersFrank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Orchestra or BandGustav Mahler Jugendorchester
ConductorsDaniele Gatti
Set List'Parsifal – Prelude (Act 3)' and 'Good Friday Music', Wagner,
'Violin Concerto', Berg
INTERVAL
'Der Rosenkavalier – Suite', R Strauss,
'La Valse', Ravel
ENCORE
'Solo Violin Sonata in A Minor - Adante', J S Bach,
'Prelude' from Meistersingers of Nuremberg Act Three, Wagner
Performance NotesOne of the great youth orchestras is back, and in distinguished company. Daniele Gatti begins with the weighty tread and unmatched radiance of music he has been exploring at Bayreuth. Frank Peter Zimmermann plays one of the 20th century’s most eloquent violin concertos.

Strauss conjures up a bittersweet Vienna of young love, mid-life melancholy and abundant waltz tunes, while Ravel’s apotheosis of that dance form may or may not have been intended as a metaphor for the fate of European civilisation as its unstoppable whirling reaches critical mass.

The appearance of Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester has been made possible with the support of Erste Group and Vienna Insurance Group, Partners of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and filmed for BBC Four television.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2012/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2012/115),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/24),
GMJ Orchestra Programme (RAHE/1/2012/115B)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2012/115BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2012 - One Hundred and Eighteenth Season - Prom 57 - Wagner, Berg, R. Strauss and Ravel26 August 2012
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work7673BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2012 - One Hundred and Eighteenth Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/182Wagner; Richard (22 May 1813-13 February 1883); German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist primarily known for his operas
DS/UK/1043Ravel; Joseph-Maurice (1875-1937); French composer
DS/UK/1296Zimmermann; Frank Peter (27 February 1965); German violinist
DS/UK/1297Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester; 1986-; Austrian youth orchestra
DS/UK/1298Gatti; Daniele (1961-); Italian conductor
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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