BBC Proms 2004
Episode 20 · 2004-08-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
The transience of human life is the theme as the Orchestre de Paris and London Voices are conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with mezzo Yvonne Naef, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey and baritone Andreas Schmidt. Luciano Berio's last work, Stanze, is set to poetry, including verses by Alfred Brendel, and is scored for solo baritone, three men's choruses and orchestra. Gustav Mahler's symphonic piece, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), is also set to a series of poems, in this case ancient Chinese verse. It is one of the composer's most personal works, written after the death of his eldest daughter and in the midst of his own failing health. During the interval, Stephanie Hughes talks to guests and some of the musicians taking part.
Season 58 episodes
1. First Night of the Proms2004-07-16
2. First Night of the BBC Four Proms2004-07-19
3. Proms on Four: An Alpine Symphony2004-07-20
4. Proms on Four: Mozart's Prague Symphony2004-07-21
5. Proms on Four: Stravinsky's Firebird2004-07-22
6. Proms on Four. A Messiaen Tribute2004-07-23
7. Proms on Four: Stravinsky and Bernstein2004-07-24
8. Proms on Four: Zukerman Plays Elgar2004-07-25
9. The Nation's Favourite Prom2004-07-25
10. Proms on Four: Eigar's Third Symphony2004-07-26
11. Proms on Four Sabit-Saens's Second Piano Concerto2004-07-27
12. Proms on Four: Janacek's Glagolitic Mass2004-07-28
13. Proms on Four: Mozart and Mahler2004-07-29
14. Proms on Four: Dvorak and Strauss2004-07-30
15. BBC Proms 20042004-07-31
16. Proms on Four: Wynton Marsalis - Out Here to Swing!2004-07-31
17. Proms on Four: Britten's Curlew River2004-08-01
18. BBC Proms 20042004-08-07
19. BBC Proms 20042004-08-21
20. BBC Proms 20042004-08-28
21. Russian Night at the Proms2004-09-02
22. BBC Proms 20042004-09-04
23. Proms on Four2004-09-05
24. Proms on Four2004-09-06
25. Proms on Four2004-09-07
26. Proms on Four2004-09-07
27. Proms on Four2004-09-08
28. Proms on Four2004-09-09
29. Proms on Four2004-09-10
30. Last Night of the Proms2004-09-11
31. Last Night of the Proms2004-09-11
33. Episode 33
34. Episode 34
