BBC Proms 2012

Weber Der Freischütz – overture
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Tchaikovsky Manfred

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano

After the overture to the first important German Romantic opera, Weber’s take on the folk legend of a marksman’s contract with the devil, featured artist Alice Coote returns to tackle Mahler’s folk-influenced song-cycle, inspired by the conclusion of an unhappy love affair.

Tchaikovsky’s Manfred, a full-length fusion of tone-poem and symphonic form, makes passionate use of Byron’s dramatic poem with supernatural elements which held so many 19th-century artists in thrall. This powerfully driven masterpiece is a favourite of tonight’s conductor.

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