{"id":47100,"date":"2024-09-06T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5bae7081-8b55-40e3-a322-678f4835c3ea"},"modified":"2024-09-06T03:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T01:07:14","slug":"today-at-the-bbc-proms-its-mahler-simon-rattle-and-one-of-the-best-orchestras-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/today-at-the-bbc-proms-its-mahler-simon-rattle-and-one-of-the-best-orchestras-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at the BBC Proms: it&#8217;s Mahler, Simon Rattle, and one of the best orchestras in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 06 September 2024 at 00:01 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Welcome to another daily 2024\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/\">BBC Proms<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0preview from <em>BBC Music Magazine<\/em>. This time, we&#8217;re previewing Prom 62 (Friday 6 September), featuring <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/simon-rattle\">Sir Simon Rattle<\/a><\/strong> conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/gustav-mahler\">Mahler<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The art of conducting | Sir Simon Rattle\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SpoyO5TlpWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>Make\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/\">www.classical-music.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0your daily go-to for the rest of the 2024 BBC Proms season, all the way up until the annual festival culminates in the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/last-night-of-the-proms-all-you-need-to-know\">Last Night of the Proms<\/a><\/strong> on Saturday 14 September. Each day, we&#8217;ve got an insightful, informative preview to that evening&#8217;s Proms action. Another page you&#8217;ll want to bookmark is our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/2024-bbc-proms-listings\">2024 BBC Proms guide<\/a><\/strong>, where you find listings for every single Proms concert taking place this year, both in London and elsewhere (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-chamber-music\">chamber music<\/a><\/strong> in Aberdeen, Newport and Belfast; weekend festivals in Bristol, Nottingham and Gateshead).<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s on at the BBC Proms today?<\/h2><p>Todays Prom, Prom 62, features another visit from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Simon Rattle. They were in town last night, Thursday 4 September, for Prom 61, which featured works by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/anton-bruckner\">Bruckner<\/a><\/strong> and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/thomas-ades\"> Thomas Ad\u00e8s<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p><p>Tonight, they perform a composer for whom both conductor and orchestra have a deep affinity: Gustav Mahler. Rattle has recorded a complete cycle of the Mahler <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-symphony\">symphonies<\/a><\/strong> with the two orchestras with which he&#8217;s been most closely associated, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/berlin-philharmonic\">Berlin Philharmonic<\/a><\/strong> and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mahler Symphony No 2 in C minor Resurrection \u2022 Rattle 2010\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lDK2LLB6Qg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>The Bavarian Radio Symphony, meanwhile, recorded one of the most acclaimed Mahler cycles of all with one of their previous chief conductors, the great Rafael Kubelik. And, since Rattle joined the Bavarians as chief conductor last year, conductor and orchestra have already given us two much-praised recordings of Mahler symphonies: the Sixth and the Ninth. We&#8217;ve named the Bavarians one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/worlds-best-orchestras\">best orchestras in the world<\/a><\/strong>, by the way.<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/which-is-the-best-mahler-symphony\">Which is the best Mahler symphony?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Mahler&#8217;s Sixth known as the &#8216;Tragic&#8217;?<\/h2><p>It&#8217;s the Sixth, often known as the &#8216;Tragic&#8217;, that they will perform tonight. It&#8217;s an unquestionably great work, though also something of an emotional rollercoaster. <\/p><p>The first in a long line of advocates for the &#8216;Tragic&#8217; was a young\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/alban-berg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alban Berg<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0who attended the work&#8217;s premiere in Essen, Germany on 27 May 1906. Berg immediately hailed it as a great work, even comparing it favourably to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/ludwig-van-beethoven\/\">Beethoven<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; he called Mahler\u2019s vast work \u2018The only Sixth \u2013 despite the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-beethovens-symphony-no-6-pastoral\">Pastoral<\/a><\/strong>\u2019.<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/best-recordings-beethovens-pastoral-symphony\">The best recordings of Beethoven&#8217;s Pastoral Symphony<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mahler: Symphony No. 6 \/ Rattle \u00b7 Berliner Philharmoniker\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3HsnFTmfQyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>Scored for a huge orchestra, Mahler 6 features many standout moments &#8211; perhaps most memorably, the distant cowbells that evoke Alpine pastures. If that makes it sound, well, pastoral, don&#8217;t be fooled &#8211; the emotional landscape of the Sixth is largely a bleak one. The infamous hammer blows that break through the noise in the final movement are perhaps its most defining feature. And the opening <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-does-allegro-mean-in-music\">Allegro<\/a><\/em><\/strong> movement features a relentless march that seems to denote the approach of an implacable Fate.<\/p><p>Odd, all this doom, as Mahler composed the work during a relatively happy period of his life. That side of Mahler can be heard in, for example, the paradoxically optimistic string\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-a-melody\">melody<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the \u2018Alma theme\u2019 which interrupts that unceasing march in the first movement. The calm, restful <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-andante\">Andante<\/a><\/em><\/strong> movement (which is played either second or third, before or after the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-scherzo\">Scherzo<\/a><\/em><\/strong> &#8211; opinions vary) is, likewise, a moment of serenity amidst all the angst.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time do the BBC Proms start today?<\/h2><p>Prom 62, featuring Simon Rattle in Mahler, begins at 8pm. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And how much are tickets?<\/h2><p>Tickets to Prom 62 are priced from \u00a326 to \u00a380. You can also join the ranks of the legendary <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-prommer\">Prommers<\/a><\/strong>, though, and queue for the chance of an \u00a38 ticket on the day.<\/p><p> <\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Friday, 06 September 2024 at 00:01 AM Welcome to another daily 2024\u00a0BBC Proms\u00a0preview from BBC Music Magazine. This time, we&#8217;re previewing Prom 62 (Friday 6 September), featuring Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler. 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