BBC Proms
Live from the Proms
S42 • E10 Sep 11, 1988
The American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas this week takes up his new post as f rincipal Conductor of the London Symphony
Orchestra. Before tonight's performance of Das klagende Lied, Tilson Thomas illustrates the background to this striking example of Mahler's early genius. Tonight's complete performance is specially illustrated for television.
8.30* Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , London
Introduced by Donald MacLeod
Mahler Das klagende Lied (Song of Lament)
Part 1: Forest Legend Part 2: The Minstrel
Part 3: Wedding Piece
Margaret Price (soprano) Jard Van Nes
(mezzo-soprano)
Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Henry Herford (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra led by ASHLEY ARBUCKLE conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas Lighting DAN CRANEFIELD Sound VIC GODRICH and JAMES HAMILTON
Orchestra. Before tonight's performance of Das klagende Lied, Tilson Thomas illustrates the background to this striking example of Mahler's early genius. Tonight's complete performance is specially illustrated for television.
8.30* Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , London
Introduced by Donald MacLeod
Mahler Das klagende Lied (Song of Lament)
Part 1: Forest Legend Part 2: The Minstrel
Part 3: Wedding Piece
Margaret Price (soprano) Jard Van Nes
(mezzo-soprano)
Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Henry Herford (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra led by ASHLEY ARBUCKLE conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas Lighting DAN CRANEFIELD Sound VIC GODRICH and JAMES HAMILTON