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BBC Proms 2001

BBC Radio 3
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Another chance to hear one of this year's late-night Proms.
Hans Werner Henze's 75th birthday was celebrated in a wide-ranging programme which also commemorated the composer Iannis Xenakis, who died in February.
Christopher Gillet (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen

Bach, arr Stravinsky Chorale Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch

Stravinsky Canticum Sacrum

Xenakis Polla Ta Dhina

Kenneth Hesketh Circling Canopy of Light

Hans Werner Henze Symphony No 1

(R)

Contributors

Tenor:
Christopher Gillet
Baritone:
David Wilson-Johnson
Singers:
London Sinfonietta Chorus
Musicians:
London Sinfonietta
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Source: Radio Times

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