BBC Proms 2020 Season - The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra [2009] (320kbps .mp3)



BBC Proms: In this concert from the Proms archives, British conductor Jonathan Nott conducted the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in a programme framed by a pair of works famously used on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey – Ligeti’s nebulous Atmosphères and Strauss’s visionary Also sprach Zarathustra. Leading German baritone Matthias Goerner sings Mahler’s harrowing set of meditations on infant mortality. Premiered at the 1912 Proms by Henry Wood, Schoenberg’s Five Orchestral Pieces contain the composer’s first painterly experiments in shaping melodies based on instrumental colours, as opposed to pitches.

Presented by Tom Service.



01. Ligeti - Atmosphères

01a. Introduction to the Mahler Youth Orchestra prom

01b. Introduction to Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder

02. Mahler - Kindertotenlieder

03. Schoenberg - Five Orchestral Pieces

03a. Introduction to Schoenberg’s Five Orchestral Pieces

03b. Interval - Interview with Roberto González-Monjas

04. Strauss, R -  Also sprach Zarathustra



Matthias Goerne (baritone)

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Jonathan Nott (conductor)



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(From the BBC Proms 2009, 4 September)