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Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: The Met Orchestra under Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin performs Mahler, including his R眉ckert-Lieder with soprano Joyce DiDonato and the Fourth Symphony.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall

Kaija Saariaho: Lumi猫re et pesanteur
Gustav Mahler: R眉ckert-Lieder)

c.7.30pm
interval: The writer Emily MacGregor talks to Martin Handley about Gustav Mahler's life and legacy in the USA, and how he raised the status of New York above Boston when, as a world-famous conductor, he performed both at the Met and with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

c.7.50pm
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major

Star mezzo-soprano and former Last Night of the Proms soloist Joyce DiDonato joins Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin and The Met Orchestra for their second concert of the season. Mahler is in the spotlight celebrating the wonder of nature, innocence and faith in his Symphony No. 4 鈥� lively with birdsong and sleigh bells 鈥� and looking beyond in the contemplative meditations 鈥� on life, death and transcendence 鈥� of his R眉ckert-Lieder. The same spirit runs through the swelling, breathing orchestral arcs of the late Kaija Saariaho鈥檚 Lumi猫re et pesanteur (鈥楲ight and Gravity鈥�) 鈥� luminescent music adapted from the composer鈥檚 oratorio La Passion de Simone.