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BBC Proms: 2013 Season: Prom 38

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 38: Part 1: Prom 38 (part 1): Free Prom - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

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Prom 38

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 38 (part 1): Free Prom - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

2013

Prom 38 (part 1): Free Prom - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2013, Prom 38, Prom 38 (part 1): Free Prom - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

National Youth Orchestra and choral groups in music by Vaughan Williams and Turnage.

A Prom celebrating the bicentenary of the Royal Philharmonic Society, with the National Youth Orchestra. Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Frieze.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, youth choirs and soloists Ailish Tynan, Jennifer Johnston, Toby Spence and Gerald Finley live at the BBC Proms. Plus music by Vaughan Williams and a world premiere by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny


Vaughan Williams: Toward The Unknown Region
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Frieze (BBC Co-Commission With The Royal Philharmonic Society And The New York Philharmonic: World Premiere)

20.00 Interval

20.25
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 In D Minor, 'Choral'

Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-sporano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Gerald Finley (bass)

Codetta
Irish Youth Chamber Choir
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

The first ever major free Prom with a host of youthful performers celebrates the bicentenary this year of the Royal Philharmonic Society with the most famous piece the Society ever played a role in commissioning - and a brand new one too. The 'most famous' is surely Beethoven's last completed Symphony, the groundbreaking Choral Symphony - for which the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain are joined by four soloists and three youthful choirs from the UK and Ireland, including from Derry-Londonderry, the UK City of Culture 2013. The 'brand new' is by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, who's been 'obsessed with Beethoven from the age of 8 - what a joy, therefore, to be asked by the RPS to write a piece inspired by Beethoven's great Symphony. Beethoven is a towering figure, but I find him more inspiring than intimidating.' Turnage's title refers to the famous Beethoven Frieze created in 1902 by the Viennese artist Gustav Klimt.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Tuesday 13th August at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2013

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 38

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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in Vaughan Williams, Turnage and Beethoven

Vasily Petrenko conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in music by Vaughan Williams, Turnage and Beethoven

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