BBC Proms 2023

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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.

BBC Proms: Proms at Christmas 2023: Prom 49: Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri

Prom 49: Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri

Proms at Christmas 2023

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BBC Proms 2023: Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

BBC Proms 2023: Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Schumann's Paradise and the Peri, with soloists including Lucy Crowe and Magdalena Kožená.

BBC Proms 2023: Another chance to hear Simon Rattle conduct London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Schumann's 'Paradise and the Peri’, with soloists including Lucy Crowe and Magdalena Kožená.

Presented by Tom Service, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri

Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Jeanine De Bique (soprano)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Linard Vrielink (tenor)
Florian Boesch (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle and London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus present the first ever complete performance at the Proms of Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri (‘Paradise and the Peri’). Part oratorio and part opera, a choral and orchestral cycle that seems to unfold in continuous song, the work tells the story of a Peri – child of a fallen angel and a mortal – who makes a sequence of offerings to the guardians of Paradise in an attempt to gain entry. Lucy Crowe leads an exciting international cast.

BBC Proms: Proms at Christmas 2023

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.

A selection of Proms performances to celebrate the Christmas season.

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