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Wed 30 Jul 2014

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

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• 19:30

  Prom 18: Mahler, Ravel & Sir Harrison Birtwistle

  Royal Albert Hall

  Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 – an orchestral showpiece of shifting moods and intense emotions – is the culmination to this concert by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic. The orchestra is joined by Pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Ravel’s virtuosic Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and the programme opens with Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s atmospheric Night’s Black Bird.

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  Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 – an orchestral showpiece of shifting moods and intense emotions – is the culmination to this concert by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic. The orchestra is joined by Pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Ravel’s virtuosic Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and the programme opens with Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s atmospheric Night’s Black Bird.

  Programme

  • • • Harrison Birtwistle
      • Night's Black Bird(13 mins)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Piano Concerto for the Left Hand(18 mins)
    • • Alexander Scriabin
      • Prelude for the Left Hand(5 mins)(encore)
    • • interval
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor(73 mins)

  Performers

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Juanjo Mena

    conductor
    conductor
  • Alexandre Tharaud

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Harrison Birtwistle
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Alexander Scriabin
  • Gustav Mahler

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