BBC Proms 2023

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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: 2023: Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony

Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony

2023

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Live at the BBC Proms: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, 'Choral'.

Live at the BBC Proms: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and star soloists in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in D minor, 'Choral'.

Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and Ryan Wigglesworth with Eleanor Dennis, Karen Cargill, Nicky Spence and Michael Mofidian.

Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Helen Grime: Meditations on Joy

c. 7.50 Interval 
Kate Molleson talks about changing ideas of joy with Bidisha Mamata, writer and presenter of a podcast series about happiness for the Wellcome Collection.

c. 8.10 Part Two
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

Eleanor Dennis (soprano)
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Beethoven’s mighty ‘Choral’ Symphony, with its famous ‘Ode to Joy’ finale, is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth in the first of their two Proms together this season. The symphony’s monumental, revolutionary musical statement – seizing hope and happiness from doubt and struggle – is picked up in Helen Grime’s Proms commission Meditations on Joy, whose three movements are each inspired by a different poem and facet of joy.

BBC Proms: 2023

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