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The programme for Prom 62 featured two well loved symphonies. But anyone expecting familiarity was in for a shock: Sir Roger Norrington has highly individual views on this music.
Mahler's Ninth Symphony – his last complete work in the genre – was written in 1908-9, against a backdrop of considerable personal tragedy and uncertainty.