Prom 33: Rachmaninov, Mahler-Werfel and Peja膷evi膰

9 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Wed 9 Aug 2023 Next Event

Proms 2023 Prom 33: Rachmaninov, Mahler-Werfel and Peja膷evi膰

19:00 Wed 9 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall

John Storg氓rds and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic return to the Proms for Rachmaninov鈥檚 First Symphony. Dame Sarah Connolly joins them for songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel and Dora Peja膷evi膰.

Programme

- - Carl Maria von Weber
  - Oberon 鈥� overture(10 mins)
- - Dora Peja膷evi膰
  - Zwei Schmetterlingslieder, op. 52(4 mins)
  - Verwandlung, op. 37b(6 mins)
  - Liebeslied, op. 39(6 mins)
- - Alma Mahler-Werfel
  - Die stille Stadt(3 mins)orch. C. & D. Matthews
  - Licht in der Nacht(3 mins)orch. C. & D. Matthews
  - Bei dir ist es traut(3 mins)orch. C. & D. Matthews
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - Symphony No. 1 in D minor(42 mins)

Performers

Dame Sarah Connolly
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storg氓rds
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

If the first-night audience was hostile to the 23-year-old Rachmaninov鈥檚 First Symphony, history has been far kinder, embracing its ability to reimagine Russian musical tradition. John Storg氓rds and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic are joined by mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly for turn-of-the-century songs by Alma Mahler-Werfel and Croatia鈥檚 Dora Peja膷evi膰, and the curtain rises with the overture to Weber鈥檚鈥楪rand Romantic and Fairy Opera鈥�, written for London鈥檚 Covent Garden.

There will be no interval

Image: John Storg氓rds 漏 Marco Borgreve