BBC Proms
Season 59 Episode 19 - Prom 49: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
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Documentary
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Kurt Masur conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, as well as a cast of international soloists, in the annual Proms rendition of Beethoven's life-affirming Choral symphony. Prior to the main performance, there's the UK premiere of The Light of the End, a piece by the highly individual Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. During the interval presenter Verity Sharp meets Kurt Masur and talks to guests John Deathridge, who holds the King Edward VII chair in music at King's College, London, and Tom Service, presenter of BBC Radio 3's Music Matters.
Episodes in Season 59
1
First Night of the Proms Part One
2
First Night of the Proms Part Two
3
Prom 4: Richard Wagner - Die Walküre
4
Prom 5: Michael Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams
145 min
5
Prom 6: Musgrave, Rachmaninov and Nielson
6
Prom 8: Stravinsky, MacMillan and Ravel
7
Prom 9: Mozart and Mahler
8
Prom 11: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams
9
Prom 13: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
10
Prom 14: Tippett and Shostakovich
11
Prom15: Fairy Tales
12
Prom 16: Ravel, Dutilleux, Stravinsky and Mussorgsky
13
Prom 18: Adams, Corigliano and Prokofiev
14
Prom 19: Russia Night
15
Prom 21: Violins!! - Part 2
16
Prom 23: Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet
17
Prom 41: Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
18
Prom 2: Arthur Sullivan's HMS Pinafore
19
Prom 49: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
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