Mahler's Fourth Symphony from the BBC Proms

Linton Stephens introduces a week of music from some of Europe’s great summer festivals and the BBC Proms.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in two contrasting works by Gustav Mahler: the intimate, lyrical Rückert-Lieder, sung by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and the radiant Fourth Symphony.

From Montpellier, pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs a selection of Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, while in Beaune, Emmanuelle Haïm leads Le Concert d’Astrée in Domenico Scarlatti’s graceful and devotional Salve Regina.

BBC Proms:
Gustav Mahler
Rückert-Lieder
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor)

Montpellier Festival:
Felix Mendelssohn
Excerpts from 'Songs without Words'
Adagio, op. 53/4.
Allegro di molto, op. 30/2
Presto agitato, op. 53/3
Allegro non troppo, op. 38/2
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

International Baroque Festival, Beaune:
Domenico Scarlatti
Salve Regina
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major
The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor)

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