Performances of Kaija Saariaho at BBC Proms

Thu 27 Aug 2026

• 18:00

  The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler

  Royal Albert Hall

  For their second concert of the season The Met Orchestra is joined by Joyce DiDonato for Mahler’s Rückert- Lieder. We also heard the composer’s nature-loving Symphony No. 4 and Kaija Saariaho’s Lumière et pesanteur

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  For their second concert of the season The Met Orchestra is joined by Joyce DiDonato for Mahler’s Rückert- Lieder. We also heard the composer’s nature-loving Symphony No. 4 and Kaija Saariaho’s Lumière et pesanteur

  Programme

  • • • Kaija Saariaho
      • Lumière et pesanteur(7 mins)
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Rückert-Lieder(20 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Symphony No. 4 in G major(57 mins)

  Performers

  • Joyce DiDonato

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • The Met Orchestra
  • Yannick Nézet‐Séguin

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Kaija Saariaho
  • Gustav Mahler

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  Proms 2026

  

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