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Afternoon Concert: Proms 2011 Repeats: Prom 13 - Verdi's Requiem

Prom 13 - Verdi's Requiem

26/07/2011

Proms 2011 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2011 Repeats, Prom 13 - Verdi's Requiem

Louise Fryer presents a Proms performance of Verdi's sacred masterpiece: the Requiem.

Louise Fryer presents a Proms performance of Verdi's sacred masterpiece: the Requiem. Semyon Bychkov conducts Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) and the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra.

With Louise Fryer 

Verdi's Requiem - his great sacred masterpiece - storms the heavens with a stellar line up of soloists and massed choirs. 

The ultimate in dramatic intensity, this extraordinary work speaks of heaven and hell, fire and earth, darkness and light in music that is as much theatrical as devotional. Verdi completed it in 1874, and conducted the premiere himself in Milan.

Three large-scale choirs and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by a Verdi specialist whose recent Cologne recording, which also featured bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, has been much acclaimed. Soloists Marina Poplavskaya and Joseph Calleja both sang alongside Furlanetto in last year's Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House. Presented by Donald Macleod.


Verdi: Requiem

Marina Poplavskaya (soprano)
Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)

BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2011 Repeats

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