Prom 63: BBC Symphony Orchestra August 31, 2007

Inspired by the engraving of a huntsman's funeral from a book of children's fairy tales, Mahler's First Symphony brilliantly captures the image's enchanting yet macabre quality. Thea Musgrave's new BBC commission, specially written for tonight's soloists, creates a dramatic play for attention between the two divergent players, who begin far apart yet reconcile their differences by the end of the work.

Thea Musgrave
Two's Company (BBC commission: world premiere) (21 mins)

Interval

Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major (55 mins)

Dame Evelyn Glennie percussion
Nicholas Daniel oboe
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor

Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/3108.shtml