The modern concert-goer has no problem switching effortlessly from Mahler to The Man Who Fell to Earth. On this “Super Friday” the Austrian composer’s monumental and otherworldly Symphony No 3 is followed by the Late Night Prom featuring musicians’ collective s t a r g a z e in a tribute to David Bowie, whose music, up until his death this year, is revisited in new arrangements with guest artists.

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Mahler’s great symphonic poem to Nature features the mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, and Sir Bernard Haitink conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, 50 years after his first Proms appearance and giving his 88th Prom.

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