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Mahler and Boulez

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2025

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Hannu Lintu in Mahler's rarely-heard Das klagende Lied, and Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Hannu Lintu in Mahler's rarely-heard Das klagende Lied, and Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna.

Presented by Andrew McGregor at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Pierre Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

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Interval: Jonathan Cross joins Andrew McGregor to reflect on Pierre Boulez's legacy in his centenary year, and to look forward to the highlights of the Proms week ahead.

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Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)

Natalya Romaniw (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Russell Thomas (tenor)
James Newby (baritone)
Constanza Chorus
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)

Das klagende Lied, Mahler’s musical coming-of- age, is a chilling fable of jealousy, murder and magic. An eerie woodland and a lively wedding ceremony are the centrepieces of a cantata of vast sonic imagination – a foretaste of the symphonies to come, heard here in its original three-part version. Mahler’s sonic scope meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna. Dedicated to the composer’s long-time colleague and friend, the work transforms the concert hall into a temple, in which the audience is immersed in the sounds created by eight groups of musicians.

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Mon 4 Aug 2025 19:30
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Music Played

  • Pierre Boulez

    Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Dialogue de l'ombre double

    Performer: Jérôme Comte.

  • Pierre Boulez

    ¸éé±è´Ç²Ô²õ

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez: ¸éé±è´Ç²Ô²õ; Dialogue de l'ombre double.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1-2.

  • Harrison Birtwistle

    Earth Dances

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Michael Tippett

    The Rose Lake

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Tippett: The Rose Lake & Ritual Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' (1st mvmt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 201.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Observatory

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • PLATOON.

  • Béla Bartók

    Bluebeard's Castle (5th door: Now behold my spacious kingdom)

    Singer: Kolos Kováts. Singer: Sylvia Sass. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)

    Singer: Natalya Romaniw. Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Singer: James Newby. Singer: James Newby. Singer: Russel Thomas. Singer: Russel Thomas. Singer: Russel Thomas. Singer: Russel Thomas. Choir: Constanza Chorus. Choir: Constanza Chorus. Choir: Constanza Chorus. Choir: Constanza Chorus. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Aug 2025 19:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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