Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester September 4, 2009

Following his appearance with the Bamberg SO (Prom 18), Jonathan Nott returns with the GMJO, with a pair of astronomically related works – Ligeti's nebular Atmosphères and Strauss's visionary Also sprach Zarathustra – famously used on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. (The astronomical theme continues in tonight's Late Night Prom.)

Leading German baritone Matthias Goerne sings Mahler's harrowing set of meditations on infant mortality. Composed exactly a century ago and premiered at the 1912 Proms by Henry Wood, Schoenberg's Five Orchestral Pieces contain his first painterly experiments in shaping melodies from colours, not pitches.

Ligeti Atmosphères (9 mins)
Mahler Kindertotenlieder (27 mins)
Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces, Op.16 (19 mins)
interval
R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (34 mins)

Matthias Goerne baritone
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Jonathan Nott conductor

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