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Prom 20: Berlioz - Romeo and Juliet

From the Royal Albert Hall, Monteverdi Choir, National Youth Choir of Scotland and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique under John Eliot Gardiner in Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet.

Live at 91热爆 Proms: Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir, National Youth Choir of Scotland and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in Berlioz's epic Dramatic Symphony Romeo and Juliet.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Presented by Penny Gore.

Berlioz: Rom茅o et Juliette (sung in French)

Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano),
Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor),
Laurent Naouri (bass),
Monteverdi Choir,
National Youth Choir of Scotland,
Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique,
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

When Hector Berlioz got his first taste of Shakespeare in 1827, he not only fell for "the whole heaven of art" in the Bard's verse, he also fell madly in love with the actress Harriet Smithson. Shakespeare inspired a string of works from this most literary and dramatic of composers, including the ardent choral symphony Romeo and Juliet.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Romeo and Juliet

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-part inventions for keyboard: No. 1 in C major

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach: Two-Part & Three-Part Inventions.
    • Decca.
    • 411 974-2.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-part invention no.10 BWV.796 in G major

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach: Two-Part & Three-Part Inventions.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-part invention no.10 BWV.796 in G major

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach: Two-Part & Three-Part Inventions.
    • Decca.
    • 26.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Jul 2016 19:30

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