Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Prom 58 - Part 1 | 20080829 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. The second Prom concert given by the New York Philharmonic and its music director Lorin Maazel incorporates music from two great 20th century ballets. With Ravel's fairy tale-inspired Mother Goose, which began life as an amusement at the piano and developed into an orchestral ballet score, as well as Bartok's colourfully scored ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, telling a dark tale of robbery, passion and murder. Lorin Maazel (conductor) Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite. The New York Philharmonic in Ravel's Mother Goose and Bartok's The Miraculous Mandarin. |
| Prom 58, Repeat | 20090106 | Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom given by the New York Philharmonic under music director Lorin Maazel, in which they perform music from two great 20th century ballets and a symphony by the 19th century's greatest ballet composer. The concert begins with Ravel's fairy tale-inspired Mother Goose, which began life as an amusement at the piano, and was developed into an orchestral ballet score. This is followed by Bartok's ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, a dark tale of robbery, passion and murder, with a colourful orchestral score, as well as Tchaikovsky's powerful Fourth Symphony, exploring the theme of Fate. Lorin Maazel (conductor) Ravel: Mother Goose suite Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin suite Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Plus a Proms Chamber Music concert from 2000, and a piano duet recital by Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis: BACH, Johann Sebastian: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr' arr. Kurtag for piano duet Steven OSBORNE (Piano) Paul LEWIS (Piano) DUDDELL, Joe: Vaporize for piano duet SCHUBERT, Franz (1): Fantasie for piano duet (D.940) in F minor Purcell: I come to sing great Zempoalla?s story Rogers COVEY-CRUMP - Tenor PURCELL SIMFONY LINN RECORDS LINN CKD 035 1/10 Proms 2008: The New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in Ravel, Bartok and Tchaikovsky. |