Wednesday 30 July
7.30 p.m. – c. 10.05 p.m.
Royal Albert Hall
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird (first performance at The Proms)
Ravel: Concerto for Piano in D for the Left Hand
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor
The intense, contrasting moods of Mahler's Fifth Symphony make this one of the great orchestral showpieces, a journey from darkness to light. Before the interval, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Alexandre Tharaud making his Proms debut in Ravel's virtuosic Left Hand Piano Concerto. The programme opens with the first of several works at this year's Proms celebrating Harrison Birtwistle's 80th birthday, his atmospheric Night's Black Bird.
7.30 p.m. – c. 10.05 p.m.
Royal Albert Hall
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird (first performance at The Proms)
Ravel: Concerto for Piano in D for the Left Hand
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor
The intense, contrasting moods of Mahler's Fifth Symphony make this one of the great orchestral showpieces, a journey from darkness to light. Before the interval, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by Alexandre Tharaud making his Proms debut in Ravel's virtuosic Left Hand Piano Concerto. The programme opens with the first of several works at this year's Proms celebrating Harrison Birtwistle's 80th birthday, his atmospheric Night's Black Bird.
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