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Afternoon Concert: Proms 2016 Repeats: Prom 20: Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet

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04/08/2016

Prom 20: Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet

Proms 2016 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 20: Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz's epic Romeo and Juliet.

From Proms 2016, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir, National Youth Choir of Scotland and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet.

Afternoon on 3 - with Jonathan Swain

Another chance to hear Sir John Eliot Gardiner conduct the Monteverdi Choir, National Youth Choir of Scotland and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique in Berlioz's epic Dramatic Symphony Romeo and Juliet.

Presented by Penny Gore from the Royal Albert Hall, London..

2pm
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (sung in French)

Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano),
Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor),
Laurent Naouri (bass),
Monteverdi Choir, 
National Youth Choir of Scotland, 
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, 
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

When Hector Berlioz got his first taste of Shakespeare in 1827, he not only fell for "the whole heaven of art" in the Bard's verse, he also fell madly in love with the actress Harriet Smithson. Shakespeare inspired a string of works from this most literary and dramatic of composers, including the ardent choral symphony Romeo and Juliet.

[First broadcast on Saturday 30th July]

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

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2016 Repeats

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Another chance to hear concerts from the 2016 BBC Proms season

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