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Afternoon Concert: Proms 2016 Repeats: Prom 11

Prom 11: Wagner and Tippett

26/07/2016

Prom 11

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Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Wagner and Tippett.

A Prom in which Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. Wagner: Die Walkure (final scene). Tippett: A Child of Our Time.

Afternoon on 3 presented by Penny Gore

Another chance to hear Mark Wigglesworth conduct the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in Tippett's A Child of Our Time and the final scene of Wagner's opera Die Walkure from the BBC Proms 

Presented by Donald Macleod from the Royal Albert Hall, London

2pm
Wagner: Die Walküre - final scene

c.2.30pm
Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Hoare (tenor)
James Creswell (bass)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Mark Wigglesworth conductor

As Europe slipped towards Fascism, Michael Tippett felt solidarity with the downtrodden. Then, in 1938, a young Polish Jew, whose parents had been deported by the Nazis, shot a German diplomat in Paris. Tippett had the central figure for his 'oratorio of contemplation', A Child of Our Time - inspired by Bach's Passions, Handel's Messiah and American spirituals.
Mark Wigglesworth also explores the theme of parent-child relationships in the final scene of Wagner's opera Die Walküre, culminating in Wotan's poignant farewell to his daughter.

[First broadcast on Saturday 23rd July]

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2016 Repeats

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