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Mahler’s Seventh

The ѿý Philharmonic, John Storgårds and Allan Clayton perform the world premiere of Tom Coult's Monologues for the Curious plus Mahler’s Seventh Symphony.

Live at the ѿý Proms: The ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Storgårds and tenor Allan Clayton perform the world premiere of Tom Coult's Monologues for the Curious plus Mahler’s Seventh Symphony.

Presented by Tom Service, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Tom Coult: Monologues for the Curious (ѿý commission: world premiere)

c.7.55pm
Interval: Gillian Moore joins Tom Service live at the Royal Albert Hall to look ahead to the big highlights in the upcoming week at the ѿý Proms, including star violinist Augustin Hadelich playing Mendelssohn, the Ensemble intercontemporain performing Berio and Boulez, and the world premiere of Mark Simpson's ZEBRA, a new concerto for maverick guitarist and former ѿý Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sean Shibe.

c.8.15pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Allan Clayton, tenor
ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor

Night-time darkness and blazing musical sunlight collide in Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 – a musical epic that packs the whole world into five contrasting movements. Vast orchestral forces – including mandolin, cowbells and guitar – conjure a shifting landscape of waltzes, serenades, fanfares, marches and mysterious ‘night-wandering’ – by turns romantic and humorous, sardonic and sincere. To open, John Storgårds conducts the ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra and tenor Allan Clayton in the world premiere of award-winning composer Tom Coult’s Monologues for the Curious, inspired by the ghost stories of M. R. James.

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2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Tom Coult

    Monologues for the Curious

    Performer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Song of the Nightingale IV The Mechanical Nightingale. Illness

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol; L'Histoire du Soldat Suite.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 102.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 7 in E minor

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • DELPHIAN RECORDS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Jul 2025 19:30

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