BBC Proms Season 2022 Episode 16 - Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO

Airdate: 2022-Aug-28

Episode summary:

Sir Simon Rattle makes an emotional appearance at the Proms at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra.In a deeply personal programme, Sir Simon and the orchestra perform Mahler's mighty Second Symphony, ‘Resurrection' – a musical odyssey on an epic scale – to a sellout crowd at the Royal Albert Hall.The work has been indelibly linked with Sir Simon since he first rose to prominence as a student conductor when he was just a teenager.A moving tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle, who died earlier this year, opens the concert. His rousing Donum Simoni MMXVIII was a musical gift composed specially for Sir Simon and the London Symphony Orchestra in 2018.Petroc Trelawny presents.

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BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.