Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

BBC Proms

Music: Classical

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2013 Season: Prom 45

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 45: Part 1: Prom 45 (part 1): Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

Performances & Events

Prom 45 (part 1): Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 45 (part 1): Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

2013

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2013, Prom 45, Prom 45 (part 1): Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

Broadcasts from the 119th season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts.

Tippett's great opera The Midsummer Marriage with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis live at the BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor


Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage: Act 1


19.35 Interval

20:00
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage: Act 2


20.35 Interval

21:00
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage: Act 3


Mark ..... Paul Groves (tenor)
Jenifer ..... Erin Wall (soprano)
King Fisher ..... David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Bella ..... Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Jack ..... Allan Clayton (tenor)
Sosotris ..... Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
He-Ancient ..... David Soar (bass)
She-Ancient ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

Stage Director, Kenneth Richardson


Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett's answer to Mozart's The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year.

One of today's leading Tippett exponents, Sir Andrew Davis conducts the centrepiece of this summer's Proms focus on Tippett's music alongside Britten's centenary.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Tuesday 20th August at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2013

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 45

Prom 45

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 119th season of the BBC Proms.

Andrew McGregor presents a complete performance of Tippett's opera The Midsummer Marriage.

From the Royal Albert Hall in London, Andrew McGregor presents a complete performance of Tippett's opera The Midsummer Marriage, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis

Accessibility links

Programme Index

BBC Proms

2013

Prom 45

Part 1: Prom 45 (part 1): Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

Series

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3