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BBC Proms: 2011: Proms Plus Choral Sundays

Giuseppe Verdi

BBC Proms: 2011: Proms Plus Choral Sundays: Verdi: Requiem

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Music: Classical: Choral

Verdi: Requiem

24/07/2011

2011

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2011, Proms Plus Choral Sundays, Verdi: Requiem

Matthew Rowe introduces the music of Verdi's Requiem and places it in context.

Matthew Rowe explores the music and context of Verdi's Requiem, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Live from the Royal College of Music, London

Matthew Rowe explores the richly dramatic music of Verdi's Requiem and considers the context of its composition, with recorded examples and live illustrations from members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

BBC Proms: 2011

Proms Plus Choral Sundays

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 117th season of the BBC Proms.

Series of introductions to the music being performed in Proms Choral Sundays

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