Pappano Conducts Mahler and Strauss 

Streamed live on 19 January 2024
Sir Antonio Pappano, newly appointed Chief Conductor Designate of the London Symphony Orchestra, makes his first appearance at the Royal College of Music since 2020.
Opening the programme, RCM Concerto Competition winners Méline Le Calvez and Francis Bushell take on Strauss‘ lyrical woodwind duet with orchestra, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen‘s tale The Princess and the Swineherd, and Madeline Boreham performs four of Strauss‘ most beautiful songs with orchestra.
Originally billed as a ‘symphonic poem‘, Mahler‘s First Symphony is epic in scale. Expanding from the gentle cuckoo calls of its opening to a funereal setting of Frère Jacques, the ‘lightning bolts‘ of the final movement bring the symphony to a valiant conclusion.
Sir Antonio Pappano - conductor
Méline Le Calve - clarinet
Francis Bushell - bassoon
Madeline Boreham - soprano
RCM Symphony Orchestra
R Strauss Duett-Concertino TrV 293
R Strauss Ständchen op 17 no 2
R Strauss Das Rosenband
R Strauss Freundliche Vision
R Strauss Liebeshymnus
Mahler Symphony no 1 in D major
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