Prom 18 repeat: Britten and Mahler

Afternoon Concert with Georgia Mann

Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner performing Mahler's Das Lied von Erde; Leif Ove Andsnes joins them in part one for Britten's Piano Concerto.

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall by Martin Handley

Britten: Piano Concerto, Op.13
(revised version, 1945)

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Claudia Mahnke and Stuart Skelton are the soloists in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. This sweeping orchestral song-cycle is a powerful, personal statement of loss, orchestrated with infinite variety and skill.

It’s paired with another mould-breaking work Britten’s Piano Concerto. Premiered at the Proms in 1938 with the 24-year-old composer as soloist, the work is as much a celebration of orchestral texture as pianistic bravura, bursting with youthful energy and invention. Norwegian pianist and Proms regular Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist.