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BBC Proms: 2008

Suzy Klein

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 15: Beethoven and Elliott Carter

Prom 15: Beethoven and Elliott Carter

28/07/2008

2008

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Beethoven's 5th Symphony and his Grosse Fuge, and Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's 5th Symphony and his Grosse Fuge, while Nicholas Daniel performs Elliott Carter's single-movement Oboe Concerto.

Suzy Klein introduces a Prom which celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's 5th Symphony with a performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor David Robertson. 

To celebrate Elliott Carter's 100th birthday, Nicholas Daniel performs Carter's single-movement Oboe Concerto, while the concert open with a full-string version of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, originally written as the final movement of one of his late string quartets.

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