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Afternoon on 3: Proms 2014 Repeats

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC National Chorus of Wales

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Emma Bloxham

Ann McKay

Petroc Trelawny

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2014 Repeats: Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

20/07/2014

Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

Proms 2014 Repeats

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The First Night of the 2014 Proms, featuring Elgar's The Kingdom.

The First Night of the 2014 Proms, featuring Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Elgar's Biblical oratorio The Kingdom.

The First Night of the 2014 BBC Proms (rpt). Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a large chorus and distinguished soloists in Elgar's biblical oratorio The Kingdom.

Presented at the Royal Albert Hall by Petroc Trelawny.

Elgar: The Kingdom

Blessed Virgin ..... Erin Wall (soprano)
Mary Magdalene ..... Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
St John ..... Andrew Staples (tenor)
St Peter ..... Christopher Purves (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

The largest classical music festival in the world, the BBC Proms also boasts one of the mightiest venues. The Royal Albert Hall is a monument to the same Victorian pomp and splendour that swells through Edward Elgar's music. What better way to open this season than with the composer's biblical oratorio The Kingdom - the beautiful 'slow movement' of a musical triptych that started with The Apostles, but that would remain unfinished at Elgar's death.

Celebrated Elgarian and Proms favourite Sir Andrew Davis, a Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, returns in his 70th-birthday year, joined by a distinguished cast of soloists.
Producer Emma Bloxham,Ann McKay

Presenter Petroc Trelawny.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2014 Repeats

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