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The Vienna Philharmonic plays Tchaikovsky

蜜芽传媒 Proms 2025

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: The Vienna Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky's 鈥楶ath茅tique鈥� Symphony and Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony with conductor Franz Welser-M枚st.

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: The Vienna Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky's 鈥楶ath茅tique鈥� Symphony and Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony with conductor Franz Welser-M枚st

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, 鈥楶rague鈥�

c. 7.05pm
Interval: The cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett joins Martin Handley to talk about Tchaikovsky and his great love of tonight's other Proms composer, Mozart.

c. 7:30pm
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 鈥楶ath茅tique鈥�

Vienna Philharmonic
Franz Welser-M枚st, conductor

Franz Welser-M枚st and the Vienna Philharmonic round off their Proms visits with two late, great symphonies, each breaking the musical mould. Hot on the heels of The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart鈥檚 鈥楶rague鈥� Symphony is animated by the same iconoclastic brilliance, bewitching audiences with a work whose thematic richness, breadth and ambition outpaced any previous symphony. A century later it was Tchaikovsky鈥檚 turn to defy convention with his final, 鈥楶ath茅tique鈥� Symphony 鈥� whose confessional intensity and turbulent passions conceal a secret narrative known only to the composer. Huge melodies soar and surge, but there鈥檚 no happy ending; the symphony closes not with a shout of triumph but a heart-breaking lament.

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Tue 9 Sep 2025 18:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 38 In D Major K.504 (Prague)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Thema - Moderato semplice

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Conductor: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Moonlight Variations.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act II Scene 3: Duet Prilepy & Milovzora: extract

    Librettist: Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Singer: Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova. Singer: Vera Firsova. Singer: Vera Firsova. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin. Conductor: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin. Conductor: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin. Conductor: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin.
    • JSC "Firma Melodiya".

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo, ballet music, K. 367: Pas seul - Largo: Extract

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Idomeneo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 In B Minor Op.74 (Pathetique)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Sep 2025 18:30
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