BBC Proms 2012 - Weber, Mahler & Tchaikovsky

Prom 48: Weber, Mahler & Tchaikovsky , , Royal Albert Hall Russian Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovsky’s Byron-inspired Manfred; Alice Coote is the soloist in Mahler’s wayfaring songs. Programme Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz - overture (10 mins) Gustav Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer (17 mins) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Manfred (57 mins) Performers Alice Coote mezzo-soprano London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski conductor About this event 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.