Performing Arts

BBC Proms: Mahler's First by Heart

Royal Albert Hall · Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP

2 August 2026

Aurora Orchestra performs Mahler's First Symphony entirely from memory, no scores on stands, the whole thing carried in their hands, after a dramatised first half that walks through how the piece was built. Playing a symphony this size without sheet music in front of you is a genuine feat, worth seeing live rather than taking anyone's word for it.

BBC Proms: Mahler's First by Heart

Royal Albert Hall

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