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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

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Sat 1 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  The Dream of Gerontius
  Southbank Centre, London
  A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
  A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  The Dream of Gerontius
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  English National Opera Orchestra
  orchestra
  orchestra
  Simone Young
  conductor
  conductor
  Patricia Bardon
  mezzo soprano
  mezzo soprano
  Gwyn Hughes Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Matthew Rose
  bass
  bass
  English National Opera Chorus
  chorus
  chorus
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2016-17 Season
Sun 2 Jul 2017
- 15:00
  The Dream of Gerontius
  Southbank Centre, London
  A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
  A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  The Dream of Gerontius
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  English National Opera Orchestra
  orchestra
  orchestra
  Simone Young
  conductor
  conductor
  Patricia Bardon
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Gwyn Hughes Jones
  tenor
  tenor
  Matthew Rose
  bass
  bass
  English National Opera Chorus
  chorus
  chorus
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2016-17 Season
- 15:00
  Relaxed Concert
  St David's Hall, Cardiff
  An orchestral concert suitable for children and adults with autism, sensory and communication impairments and learning disabilities as well as individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2016-17 Season St David's Hall 2016-17
Tue 4 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  The World Was Once All Miracle-MIF
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  The World Was Once All Miracle- MIF
  The World Was Once All Miracle- MIF
  Programme
  Raymond Yiu
  The World Was Once All Miracle
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Michael Francis
  conductor
  conductor
  Roderick Williams
  Baritone
  Baritone
  Robin Tritschler
  tenor
  tenor
  Composers
  Raymond Yiu
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic - Manchester International Festival 2017
Thu 6 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Last and First Men- MIF
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Last and First Men- MIF
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic - Manchester International Festival 2017
Fri 7 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  ALIVE
  Milton Court Concert Hall
  Grammy-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, returns to work with the BBC Singers in an inspirational programme of music from living composers.
  Grammy-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, returns to work with the BBC Singers in an inspirational programme of music from living composers.
  Programme
  Eric Whitacre
  I carry your heart with me(UK premiere)
  John Mackey
  The Rumor of a Secret King(world premiere)
  Jonathan Newman
  Agnus Dei
  Steven Bryant
  In Aeternum(world premiere)
  Anders Hillborg
  Muoyiyaoum
  Ēriks Ešenvalds
  Stars
  Sarah Hopkins
  Past Life Melodies
  Eric Whitacre
  Three Flower Songs
  John Powell
  Requiem Addendum(world premiere)
  Martin L. Gore
  Enjoy the Silence(arr. Eric Whitacre)
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Eric Whitacre
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Eric Whitacre
  John Mackey
  Jonathan Newman
  Steven Bryant
  Anders Hillborg
  Ēriks Ešenvalds
  Sarah Hopkins
  John Powell
  Martin L. Gore
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2016-17 Season BBC Singers at Milton Court 2016/17
Sun 9 Jul 2017
- 13:00
  New Music Biennial: Simon Holt
  Southbank Centre, London
  The New Music Biennial showcases composers and music creators who are pushing the boundaries of new music in the UK.
  Part of
  New Music Biennial 2017
- 15:00
  New Music Biennial: Mica Levi
  Southbank Centre, London
  The New Music Biennial showcases composers and music creators who are pushing the boundaries of new music in the UK.
  Part of
  New Music Biennial 2017
Tue 11 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Michael Feinstein celebrates Harry Warren
  The Mermaid, London
  Michael Feinstein returns to Friday Night Is Music Night to celebrate the man behind the greatest show biz musical of them all - 42nd Street - Harry Warren.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Fri 14 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
  Royal Albert Hall
  The 2017 BBC Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adams’s 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven’s ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.
  The 2017 BBC Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adams’s 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven’s ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.
  Programme
  Tom Coult
  St John’s Dance(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(36 mins)
  interval
  John Adams
  Harmonium(33 mins)
  Performers
  Igor Levit
  piano
  piano
  BBC Proms Youth Choir
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Tom Coult
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  John Adams
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV Classical for Starters 2018-19
Sat 15 Jul 2017
- 19:00
  BBC Singers perform JAM on the Marsh Festival
  St Nicholas Church, New Romney
  BBC Singers perform JAM on the Marsh Festival
  BBC Singers perform JAM on the Marsh Festival
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Give unto the Lord
  Tom Harrold
  Vimy Ridge (world premiere)
  Herbert Howells
  Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
  Gerald Finzi
  Lo, the full, final sacrifice
  John Rutter
  Come down, O love divine
  John Tavener
  Svyati “O Holy One”
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Jamie Walton
  cello
  cello
  Daniel Cook
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Tom Harrold
  Herbert Howells
  Gerald Finzi
  John Rutter
  John Tavener
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2016-17 Season
- 19:30
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Movie Maestros
  Lichfield Cathedral
  Saturday Night At the Movies meets Friday Night is Music Night as The BBC Concert Orchestra bring a brand new programme to Lichfield Cathedral, commissioned especially for the Lichfield Festival.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Sun 16 Jul 2017
- 14:00
  Proms Extra: Family Workshop
  Imperial College Union
  professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to tonight's Prom. Bring your instrument and in! Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus)
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms Extra For Families Get Involved: London
Mon 17 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 5: Sibelius, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich
  Royal Albert Hall
  A concert of emotional extremes opens with Sibelius’s tempestuous Symphony No. 7 and closes with the horror of Shostakovich’s Stalin-inspired Symphony No. 10. Exciting young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto.
  A concert of emotional extremes opens with Sibelius’s tempestuous Symphony No. 7 and closes with the horror of Shostakovich’s Stalin-inspired Symphony No. 10. Exciting young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major(21 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(33 mins)
  interval
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 10 in E minor(57 mins)
  Performers
  Behzod Abduraimov
  piano
  piano
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Thomas Søndergård
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Revolutionary Music Classical for Starters 2018-19
Tue 18 Jul 2017
- 19:00
  Prom 6: Nicola Benedetti plays Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1
  Royal Albert Hall
  Violinist Nicola Benedetti s Thomas Søndergård and the BBC NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius’s stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.
  Violinist Nicola Benedetti s Thomas Søndergård and the BBC NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius’s stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.
  Programme
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  October(12 mins)
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor(39 mins)
  interval
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 2 in D major(44 mins)
  Performers
  Nicola Benedetti
  violin
  violin
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Thomas Søndergård
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Revolutionary Music Classical for Starters 2018-19
Wed 19 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 7: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
  Royal Albert Hall
  Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witches’ dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berlioz’s phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is ed by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapin’s concerto Outscape.
  Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witches’ dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berlioz’s phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is ed by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapin’s concerto Outscape.
  Programme
  Jean‐Féry Rebel
  Les élémens – Le cahos(7 mins)
  Pascal Dusapin
  Outscape(28 mins)BBC co-commission with the Casa da Música Foundation (Porto), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opéra de Paris and Stuttgart Opera: UK premiere
  interval
  Hector Berlioz
  Symphonie fantastique(50 mins)
  Performers
  Alisa Weilerstein
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Joshua Weilerstein
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean‐Féry Rebel
  Pascal Dusapin
  Hector Berlioz
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Revolutionary Music
Thu 20 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 8: Celebrating John Williams
  Royal Albert Hall
  Celebrate the 85th birthday of one of the world’s favourite film composers in an evening of big emotions and even bigger melodies.
  Celebrate the 85th birthday of one of the world’s favourite film composers in an evening of big emotions and even bigger melodies.
  Programme
  John Williams
  Raiders March from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'(5 mins)
  Overture to 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips'(4 mins)
  Main Theme from 'Jaws'(3 mins)
  March from 'Superman'(4 mins)
  Suite for Cello and Orchestra from Memoirs of a Geisha: No. 1 Sayuri's Theme(5 mins)
  The Tale of Viktor Navorski from 'The Terminal'(4 mins)
  Dartmoor, 1912 from 'War Horse'(7 mins)
  'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone' - Hedwig's Theme(5 mins)
  A Child’s Tale: Suite from the BFG(5 mins)
  Flying Theme from 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'(4 mins)
  interval
  John Williams
  Suite from J.F.K., 1st mvt: Theme from J.F.K(4 mins)
  Prayer for Peace from 'Munich'(4 mins)
  Dry Your Tears, Afrika from 'Amistad'(4 mins)
  Devil's Dance from 'The Witches of Eastwick'(5 mins)
  Escapades (No. 3) for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from 'Catch me if you Can'(5 mins)
  March of the Resistance from 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'(2 mins)
  Rey's Theme from 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'(3 mins)
  Main Title from 'Star Wars: A New Hope'(4 mins)
  Performers
  Katie Derham
  presenter
  presenter
  Jamal Aliyev
  cello
  cello
  Annelien Van Wauwe
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Jess Gillam
  presenter
  presenter
  Keith Lockhart
  conductor
  conductor
  Haringey Vox Choir
  children's choir
  children's choir
  Choir of Music Centre London
  children's choir
  children's choir
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  John Williams
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV For Families Classical for Starters 2018-19
Fri 21 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 9: Beethoven – Fidelio
  Royal Albert Hall
  Beethoven’s only opera is a ionate musical protest against political oppression that premiered in the wake of the French Revolution. Stuart Skelton stars as the imprisoned Florestan, with soprano Ricarda Merbeth as Leonore. Juanjo Mena conducts.
  Beethoven’s only opera is a ionate musical protest against political oppression that premiered in the wake of the French Revolution. Stuart Skelton stars as the imprisoned Florestan, with soprano Ricarda Merbeth as Leonore. Juanjo Mena conducts.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Fidelio(108 mins)(concert performance; sung in German)
  Performers
  Stuart Skelton
  Florestan
  Florestan
  Ricarda Merbeth
  Leonore
  Leonore
  James Creswell
  Rocco
  Rocco
  Louise Alder
  Marzelline
  Marzelline
  Benjamin Hulett
  Jaquino
  Jaquino
  Detlef Roth
  Don Pizarro
  Don Pizarro
  David Soar
  Don Fernando
  Don Fernando
  Orfeón Donostiarra
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Juanjo Mena
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Revolutionary Music Proms on TV
Sat 22 Jul 2017
- 13:30
  Proms Extra: Scratch Orchestra & Chorus
  Imperial College Union
  professional musicians for the first Proms Scratch Orchestra & Chorus and create a piece of music inspired by tonight’s Prom. You don’t need to be able to read music, and all abilities are welcome. Open to ages 16-plus.
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms Extra Classical for Starters 2018-19 Get Involved: London
Mon 24 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 13: Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom
  Royal Albert Hall
  Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO recreate Sargent’s 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumann’s mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.
  Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO recreate Sargent’s 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumann’s mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.
  Programme
  Unknown
  The National Anthem (arr. Wood)(3 mins)
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture 'Le carnaval romain'(9 mins)
  Robert Schumann
  Piano Concerto in A minor(34 mins)
  interval
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’(14 mins)
  William Walton
  Façade, Suite No. 1
  Façade Suite No. 2 ( No 5, Popular Song)(14 mins)
  Gustav Holst
  The Perfect Fool(11 mins)
  Frederick Delius
  On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring(6 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(8 mins)
  Performers
  Beatrice Rana
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Unknown
  Hector Berlioz
  Robert Schumann
  Edward Elgar
  William Walton
  Gustav Holst
  Frederick Delius
  Benjamin Britten
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV
Tue 25 Jul 2017
- 18:30
  Prom 14: Holst – The Planets
  Royal Albert Hall
  John Wilson directs the BBC SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.
  John Wilson directs the BBC SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor(34 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Holst
  The Planets(50 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  John Wilson
  conductor
  conductor
  CBSO Youth Chorus (female voices)
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Gustav Holst
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Classical for Starters 2018-19
Wed 26 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Friday Night is Music Night: Heroes and Villains
  Corn Exchange, King's Lynn
  BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce returns to the Festival to present a concert of musical goodies and baddies from the worlds of television, film, theatre and the classics. The concert includes music from Robin Hood, The Godfather, Pirates of the Caribbean and Gam
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
- 19:30
  Prom 16: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
  Royal Albert Hall
  Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne s Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.
  Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne s Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.
  Programme
  Franz Liszt
  Hamlet(10 mins)
  Julian Anderson
  The Imaginary Museum(25 mins)BBC co-commission with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra: world premiere
  interval
  Franz Liszt
  From the Cradle to the Grave(14 mins)
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)(34 mins)
  Performers
  Steven Osborne
  piano
  piano
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Liszt
  Julian Anderson
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Revolutionary Music
Thu 27 Jul 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 17: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique
  Royal Albert Hall
  Life and death collide in a Prom that explores what lies beyond human existence. Tchaikovsky’s ionate final symphony dares to face death with hope, while Mark Simpson’s critically acclaimed The Immortal takes inspiration from Victorian seances.
  Life and death collide in a Prom that explores what lies beyond human existence. Tchaikovsky’s ionate final symphony dares to face death with hope, while Mark Simpson’s critically acclaimed The Immortal takes inspiration from Victorian seances.
  Programme
  Mark Simpson
  The Immortal(34 mins)London premiere
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(46 mins)
  Performers
  Christopher Purves
  baritone
  baritone
  London Voices
  Crouch End Festival Chorus
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Juanjo Mena
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Mark Simpson
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  Proms 2017
Fri 28 Jul 2017
- 17:45
  Proms Extra: Family Workshop
  Imperial College Union
  professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to tonight’s Prom. Bring your instrument and in! Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus).
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms Extra For Families Get Involved: London
- 18:45
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Our Great Arrangers
  The Mermaid, London
  Since the first broadcast of Friday Night is Music Night in 1953 many of the world's finest music arrangers have provided scores and compositions for the BBC Concert Orchestra to perform. So tonight we salute those unsung heroes and raid the shelves of th
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
- 19:30
  Prom 18: Sirens and Scheherazade
  Royal Albert Hall
  James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of Homer’s Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngold’s stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
  James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of Homer’s Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngold’s stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
  Programme
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  The Sea Hawk – overture(6 mins)
  Anders Hillborg
  Sirens(33 mins)UK premiere
  interval
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade(45 mins)
  Performers
  Hannah Holgersson
  soprano
  soprano
  Ida Falk Winland
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  James Gaffigan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Anders Hillborg
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Classical for Starters 2018-19
Sat 29 Jul 2017
- 12:00
  Prom 19: Relaxed Prom
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC’s first ever Relaxed Prom is suitable for children and adults with autism, sensory and communication impairments and learning disabilities as well as individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted.
  Part of
  Proms 2017 For Families Classical for Starters 2018-19 Matinees
- 19:30
  Prom 20: Stephen Hough plays Brahms
  Royal Albert Hall
  Stephen Hough is the soloist for Brahms’s turbulent, rule-breaking First Piano Concerto. Its emotional intensity is tempered by the graceful elegance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 and the dancing energy of David Sawer’s The Greatest Happiness Principle.
  Stephen Hough is the soloist for Brahms’s turbulent, rule-breaking First Piano Concerto. Its emotional intensity is tempered by the graceful elegance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 and the dancing energy of David Sawer’s The Greatest Happiness Principle.
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor(49 mins)
  interval
  David Sawer
  The Greatest Happiness Principle(14 mins)
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 99 in E flat major(25 mins)
  Performers
  Sir Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Mark Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  David Sawer
  Joseph Haydn
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Classical for Starters 2018-19
Sun 30 Jul 2017
- 10:00
  Proms Extra: Sing
  Royal Albert Hall
  Mary King, of the BBC Singers and BBC National Orchestra of Wales to sing excerpts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Suitable for ages 16-plus.
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms Extra Get Involved: London
- 19:00
  Prom 21: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
  Royal Albert Hall
  Freedom, hope and brotherhood are the notions that underpin both Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Sir James MacMillan’s new choral work A European Requiem – a plea for unity in a troubled world. Xian Zhang and the BBC NOW perform this European premiere.
  Freedom, hope and brotherhood are the notions that underpin both Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Sir James MacMillan’s new choral work A European Requiem – a plea for unity in a troubled world. Xian Zhang and the BBC NOW perform this European premiere.
  Programme
  Sir James MacMillan
  A European Requiem(43 mins)European premiere
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(65 mins)
  Performers
  Erin Wall
  soprano
  soprano
  Sonia Prina
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Iestyn Davies
  counter-tenor
  counter-tenor
  Simon O’Neill
  tenor
  tenor
  Jacques Imbrailo
  baritone
  baritone
  Alexander Vinogradov
  bass
  bass
  CBSO Chorus
  BBC National Chorus of Wales
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Xian Zhang
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sir James MacMillan
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV