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BBC Proms: 2010: Prom 57

BBC Proms: 2010: Prom 57: Part 2: Berg, Beethoven - Part 2

Prom 57

Part 2 Part 2: Berg, Beethoven - Part 2

2010

Berg, Beethoven - Part 2

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Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vanska in Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Choral).

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Osmo Vanska conducts the Minnesota Orchestra, an international line-up of soloists and the BBC Symphony Chorus in Beethoven's Symphony No 9.

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Penny Gore.

In the second concert of their visit to the Proms, the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vanska perform Berg's last completed work alongside Beethoven's final symphony. Violinist Gil Shaham is the soloist in Berg's concerto: a heartfelt tribute to a dead friend and dedicated "To the memory of an angel", and for the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's 9th - a work championing the brotherhood of humanity - the orchestra are joined by a line-up of international soloists and the BBC Symphony Chorus.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

Gil Shaham, violin 
Helena Juntunen, soprano 
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano 
Eric Cutler, tenor 
Neal Davies, bass 
BBC Symphony Chorus 
Minnesota Orchestra 
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 6th September at 2.00pm.

BBC Proms: 2010

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The Minnesota Orchestra performs Berg's last completed work and Beethoven's final symphony

Osmo Vanska conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Berg's last completed work and Beethoven's final symphony, in its annual performance at the BBC Proms

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