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Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
- Date Saturday 29 August 2009
- Time 7.00pm - c9.00pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.
We welcome back US soprano Dawn Upshaw – who memorably made a chart-topping recording of Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with tonight's conductor, David Zinman, in the early 1990s – to sing Osvaldo Golijov's acclaimed new work: an intense exploration of loss and consolation, in which the Argentine-born composer draws upon a ravishing range of colours to enhance the poetic imagery of four Schubert songs.
Tonight's opener represents the more public face of Schubert, with the overture published as part of his incidental music to Helmina von Chézy's play Rosamunde.
Dawn Upshaw returns after the interval to provide the angel's-eye view of Heaven at the end of Mahler's Fourth Symphony.
- Schubert Rosamunde - Overture (10 mins)
- Schubert/Osvaldo Golijov She Was Here (UK premiere) (14 mins)
- interval
- Mahler Symphony No.4 in G major (60 mins)
- Dawn Upshaw soprano
- Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
- David Zinman conductor
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What an impressive conductor is David Zinman -such clear gestures and firm grasp of the works he conducts. The Zurich orchestra lived up to the evidence of its recently well received recordings - the orchestra and conductor enjoy a great understanding. The Mahler was superb and Dawn Upshaw's performance of the solo part in the final movement was a joy to behold. An imaginative and enjoyable encore was also much appreciated - nice to see BBC TV for once staying with the Prom to enable us to hear and see it.
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