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Prom 66: Beethoven, Betsy Jolas and Mahler

Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: Karina Canellakis conducts the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's First Symphony and the world premiere of Betsy Jolas's bTunes with pianist Nicolas Hodges.

Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Mahler's First Symphony and premiere Betsy Jolas's bTunes with pianist Nicolas Hodges.

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus – overture
Betsy Jolas: bTunes [Â鶹Éç co-commission: world premiere]

7.55 pm
Interval: Ian Skelly talks to Robert Samuels about Mahler's First Symphony.

8.15pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major

Nicolas Hodges (piano)
Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis (conductor)

Imagine if silence had a sound. That’s what the young Gustav Mahler tried to evoke in the massive stillness that opens his First Symphony – a whole world emerging into life, and a young artist walking out to find triumph, tragedy and (of course) love. But youth is a state of mind: expect surprises (and sounds) like you’ve never heard when the revered Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas riffs on the 21st-century listening culture of playlists and downloads in her inventive new concerto for pianist Nicolas Hodges. Karina Canellakis (hailed by The Times for her ‘freshly minted’ interpretations) conducts the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra – and few living conductors are better equipped to channel fire from the gods in Beethoven’s Olympian overture.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus - overture

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
  • Betsy Jolas

    bTunes

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Günter Wand. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester.
    • RCA Classics.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Christian Gerhaher: Mahler Lieder.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 7.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major

    Ensemble: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo capriccio in G major Op.129 'Rage over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.
  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Piano Quartet in A minor

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Tom Dunn. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Schubert

    Musical Moment in C sharp minor, D.780 no 4

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
    • LlÅ·r Williams: Schubert, Vol. 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Sep 2022 19:30

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