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BBC Proms 2000

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
A rhapsodic symphony for the new century from Robin Holloway and the Proms debut of eminent Wagner conductor Donald Runnicles in the third act of Die Walkure from the Ring cycle. This begins with The Ride of the Valkyries and ends with Wotan imprisoning his daughter Brunnhilde in a deep sleep on a high mountain.
BBCSO, conductor Donald Runnicles

Robin Holloway Symphony (BBC commission, first performance)

8.15 Interval: Literary Leitmotifs
David Huckvale explores the ways in which Wagner's operatic techniques have influenced modern European literature.

8.35 Wagner Die Walkure: Act 3

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Donald Runnicles
Wotan:
James Morris (bass)
Brunnhilde:
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Sieglinde:
Janice Watson (soprano)
Gerhilde:
Sarah Rhodes (soprano)
Ortlinde:
Rosalind Sutherland (soprano)
Waltraute:
Anne Wilkens (mezzo)
Schwertleite:
Rebecca de Pont Davies (contralto)
Helmwige:
Susan Stacey (soprano)
Siegrune:
Sarah Castle (mezzo)
Grimgerde:
Elizabeth Laurence (mezzo)
Rossweisse:
Alice Coote (mezzo)
Presenter (Interval):
David Huckvale
Source: Radio Times

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