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Sunday Concert: Prom 33 - Wagner, MacMillan, Bruckner

Prom 33 - Wagner, MacMillan, Bruckner

19/08/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Concert, Prom 33 - Wagner, MacMillan, Bruckner

Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Wagner, MacMillan and Bruckner.

A Prom in which Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic and choral ensemble. Wagner: Prelude (Tristan und Isolde). MacMillan: Credo. Bruckner: Symphony No 6.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

A dramatic world premiere by James Macmillan is set alongside tragically romantic music by Wagner and one of Bruckner's most expansive symphonies.

A world premiere at the Proms is always exciting and this is no exception. Hot on the heels of his "Gloria", composed for the 50th anniversary of the re-consecration of Coventry Cathedral, is James MacMillan's dramatic and full-blooded "Credo", performed by the BBC Philharmonic, their chief conductor Juanjo Mena and the combined Manchester Chamber Choir, Northern Sinfonia Chorus and Rushley Singers. 
Bruckner's Sixth Symphony was one of his favourites - bold and expansive and entirely befitting the space of the Royal Albert Hall. 
The concert opens with the Prelude to Wagner's landmark tale of tragic love, Tristan und Isolde, performed here with Wagner's rarely heard concert ending.

Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde
James MacMillan: Credo (BBC, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Grafenegg Festival and De Doelen, Rotterdam co-commission: world premiere)
Bruckner: Symphony No.6

Manchester Chamber Choir
Northern Sinfonia Chorus
Rushley Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

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