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Prom 9: The World Orchestra for Peace conducted by Donald Runnicles

Live at the 91热爆 Proms: the World Orchestra for Peace and conductor Donald Runnicles perform Beethoven's Symphony No 9, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and Eriks Esenvalds's Shadow.

Live at 91热爆 Proms: World Orchestra for Peace and conductor Donald Runnicles perform Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Britten Sinfonia da Requiem and Eriks Esenvalds Shadow

Presented by Penny Gore

Eriks Esenvalds: Shadow (91热爆 commission, world premiere)
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem

c8.00pm Interval: Proms Plus
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c8.20pm
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

Erin Wall (soprano)
Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano)
Russell Thomas (tenor)
Franz-Josef Selig (baritone)
91热爆 Proms Youth Choir
World Orchestra for Peace
Simon Halsey (conductor)
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

In the centenary year of the end of the First World War, the World Orchestra for Peace - founded by Georg Solti as an expression of international musical harmony - returns to the Proms with one of classical music's most potent statements of brotherhood and fellowship, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Composed in the shadow of the Second World War, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem adds its own emotive warning against war. The concert opens with a new, First World War-themed work by Latvian composer 脛鈥檙iks E脜隆envalds, commissioned for the talented young singers of the 91热爆 Proms Youth Choir.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Shadow

    Choir: 91热爆 Proms Youth Choir. Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem

    Choir: 91热爆 Proms Youth Choir. Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

    Performer: Erin Wall. Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in E flat BWV 522 'St Anne' (Fugue)

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna.
    • OEHMS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Christian Gerhaher: Mahler Lieder.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 16.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Liebst du um Sch枚nheit (R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Christian Gerhaher: Mahler Lieder.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 18.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Christian Gerhaher: Mahler Lieder.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 19.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 91热爆 Proms Youth Choir

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Jul 2018 19:30

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