BBC Proms 2014 - Panufnik, & Mahler

Prom 4: World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev , , Royal Albert Hall In its only UK concert this year, classical supergroup the World Orchestra for Peace returns to the Proms with its conductor Valery Gergiev. Fantasy confronts reality in a programme that moves from the fairy-tale magic evoked in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten to the human tragedy of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Roxanna Panufnik’s Three Paths to Peace celebrates the common ground shared by Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Programme Roxanna Panufnik Three Paths to Peace (12 mins) European premiere Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten - Symphonic Fantasy (20 mins) Gustav Mahler Symphony No.6 in A minor (77 mins) Performers World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev conductor About this event The World Orchestra for Peace returns with its conductor Valery Gergiev for its fourth Proms appearance and its only UK appearance this year. This classical supergroup celebrates Strauss’s 150th anniversary with the colourful, fairy-ta