Prom 56: Rattle conducts Mahler’s Ninth
BBC Proms · Season 77 · Episode 16
Sir Simon Rattle’s final UK performance as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra. He conducts Mahler’s epic farewell symphony, haunted by loss but urgently clinging to dance and song, alongside Poulenc’s choral masterpiece Figure humaine.
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Season
77
Episode
16
Air Date
30/Aug/2023
Air Time
—
Runtime
89 min
Overview
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Sir Simon Rattle’s final UK performance as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra. He conducts Mahler’s epic farewell symphony, haunted by loss but urgently clinging to dance and song, alongside Poulenc’s choral masterpiece Figure humaine.
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