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BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony

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Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony

11/09/2009

2009

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Beethoven's 9th, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and four soloists.

Beethoven's 9th, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, four soloists and the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. Stravinsky's ballet music Orpheus opens the programme.

Charles Hazlewood introduces the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's 9th, his life-affirming choral symphony, recorded earlier in the season with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, soloists Rebecca Evans, Caitlin Hulcup, Anthony Dean Griffey and James Rutherford, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus conducted by Ilan Volkov. 

Stravinsky's ballet music Orpheus opens the programme.

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Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms' 115th season.

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