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Prom 66: Beethoven, Betsy Jolas and Mahler

BBC Proms Proms at Christmas 2022

BBC Proms 2022: The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Mahler's First Symphony and premiere Betsy Jolas's bTunes with pianist Nicolas Hodges.

BBC Proms 2022: Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis perform Mahler's First Symphony and premiere Betsy Jolas's bTunes with pianist Nicolas Hodges.

Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 5th September
Presented by Ian Skelly

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus – overture
Betsy Jolas: bTunes [BBC co-commission: world premiere]
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major

Nicolas Hodges (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis (conductor)

Imagine if silence had a sound. That’s what the young Gustav Mahler tried to evoke in the massive stillness that opens his First Symphony – a whole world emerging into life, and a young artist walking out to find triumph, tragedy and (of course) love. But youth is a state of mind: expect surprises (and sounds) like you’ve never heard when the revered Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas riffs on the 21st-century listening culture of playlists and downloads in her inventive new concerto for pianist Nicolas Hodges. Karina Canellakis (hailed by The Times for her ‘freshly minted’ interpretations) conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra – and few living conductors are better equipped to channel fire from the gods in Beethoven’s Olympian overture.

1 hour, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Dec 2022 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Overture the Creatures of Prometheus Op.43

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.

  • Betsy Jolas

    bTunes for Nicolas

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.1 in D Major

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    In dulci jubilo, BWV 608, arranged for brass ensemble

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Canite Tuba: Music for Advent and Christmas.
    • Resonus.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Dec 2022 19:30
    BBC Radio 3

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