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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.

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.

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Kirsty Wark

Erin Wall

Sonia Prina

Iestyn Davies

Simon O'Neill

Jacques Imbrailo

Aleksandr Vinogradov

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

CBSO Chorus

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Xian Zhang

Francesca Kemp

Joe McCulloch

Helen Mansfield

Cat Dixon

BBC Proms: 2017: Zhang's Beethoven

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Zhang's Beethoven

30/07/2017

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BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2017, Zhang's Beethoven

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Sir James MacMillan's European Requiem.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Its companion piece is the European premiere of A European Requiem, written in 2015 by the Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan.

Beethoven's much-loved Ninth Symphony, with its passionate plea for unity, is performed by the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales and the CBSO Chorus, conducted by Xian Zhang. Its companion piece is the European premiere of A European Requiem, written in 2015 by the great Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan.

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Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 2017 BBC Proms season.

Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 123rd season of the BBC Proms.

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