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BBC Proms 2017, Prom 17 - Tchaikovsky's Pathétique
The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
00. Introductory commentary
01. Mark Simpson - The Immortal
02. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique'
02i. Introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 6
03. Interval - Proms Extra, Mark Simpson
Composer Mark Simpson talks to presenter Kate Molleson. Highlights of a discussion recorded at the Imperial College Union earlier this evening.
Christopher Purves (baritone)
London Voices
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena
Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which the composer described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', Tchaikovsky re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The BBC Philharmonic's Composer in Association and a former BBC Young Musician winner and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond.
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