BBC Proms 2016, Prom 21: Aurora Orchestra - Wolfgang Rihm, Strauss and Mozart
Live at the BBC Proms: Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon in Wolfgang Rihm and Mozart's Symphony No 41 'Jupiter', and François Leleux joins for Strauss's Oboe Concerto.
Music:
Wolfgang Rihm: Gejagte Form (2002 version)
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C major, 'Jupiter'
Commentary:
It's difficult to imagine how Mozart could have followed his final symphony, the 'Jupiter' - a work of such scale, majesty and intensity. Tom Service and Nicholas Collon unpick Mozart's continuous stream of joy and invention, allowing us to get under the skin of this great work, which the Aurora Orchestra plays from memory.
Before it, one of the world's leading oboists, François Leleux, plays Strauss's twisting, singing Oboe Concerto - itself preceded by Wolfgang Rihm's...
Live at the BBC Proms: Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon in Wolfgang Rihm and Mozart's Symphony No 41 'Jupiter', and François Leleux joins for Strauss's Oboe Concerto.
Music:
Wolfgang Rihm: Gejagte Form (2002 version)
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C major, 'Jupiter'
Commentary:
It's difficult to imagine how Mozart could have followed his final symphony, the 'Jupiter' - a work of such scale, majesty and intensity. Tom Service and Nicholas Collon unpick Mozart's continuous stream of joy and invention, allowing us to get under the skin of this great work, which the Aurora Orchestra plays from memory.
Before it, one of the world's leading oboists, François Leleux, plays Strauss's twisting, singing Oboe Concerto - itself preceded by Wolfgang Rihm's...