Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
Performers
| Frank Peter Zimmermann | Violin |
| Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester | |
| Daniele Gatti | Conductor |
One of the great youth orchestras is back, and in
distinguished company. Daniele Gatti begins with
the weighty tread and unmatched radiance of music
he has been exploring at Bayreuth. Frank Peter
Zimmermann plays one of the 20th century’s most
eloquent violin concertos. Strauss conjures up a
bittersweet Vienna of young love, mid-life melancholy
and abundant waltz tunes, while
Ravel’s apotheosis of that dance
form may or may not have been
intended as a metaphor for the
fate of European civilisation as
its unstoppable whirling reaches
critical mass.
distinguished company. Daniele Gatti begins with
the weighty tread and unmatched radiance of music
he has been exploring at Bayreuth. Frank Peter
Zimmermann plays one of the 20th century’s most
eloquent violin concertos. Strauss conjures up a
bittersweet Vienna of young love, mid-life melancholy
and abundant waltz tunes, while
Ravel’s apotheosis of that dance
form may or may not have been
intended as a metaphor for the
fate of European civilisation as
its unstoppable whirling reaches
critical mass.
