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BBC Proms

2017

Zhang's Beethoven

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Beethoven's much-loved Ninth Symphony, with its passionate plea for unity, is performed by the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales and the CBSO Chorus, conducted by Xian Zhang. Its companion piece is the European premiere of A European Requiem, written in 2015 by the great Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan. Show less

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