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Afternoon Concert: Proms 2011 Repeats: Prom 41 - Purcell, Britten

Prom 41 - Purcell, Britten

17/08/2011

Proms 2011 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2011 Repeats, Prom 41 - Purcell, Britten

A Prom in which Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC SO and soloists in Purcell and Britten.

A Prom in which Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC SO and soloists. Purcell, arr Talbot: Chacony in G minor. Britten: Cantata Misericordium; Sinfonia da Requiem; Spring Symphony.

With Louise Fryer

Mark Wigglesworth conducts a recreation of an all-Britten concert originally conducted in 1963 by the composer, but with a contemporary twist provided by Joby Talbot, revisiting Britten's great hero Purcell. For Britten, the Spring Symphony represented 'the reawakening of the earth and life', while the Cantata Misericordium tells the Biblical story of the Good Samaritan.

Presented by Christopher Cook

Purcell, Arr. Joby Talbot: Chacony in G Minor (BBC commission; World Premiere)
Britten: Cantata Misericordium
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Britten: Spring Symphony

Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Alan Oke (tenor)
Leigh Melrose (baritone)
Trinity Boys Choir
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2011 Repeats

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