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.
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Helen Grime
Meditations On Joy
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125 (Choral)
Performer: Eleanor Dennis. Performer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Michael Mofidian. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op 59
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works.
- SIGNUM.
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Joaquim Campos
Lisboa Oxalá
Performer: Carlos do Carmo. Performer: José Manuel Neto. Performer: Carlos Manuel Proença. Performer: José Marino Freitas. Lyricist: Nuno Júdice.- À Noite.
- Universal Music Portugal.
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Raul Portela
Lisboa antiga
Lyricist: José Galhardo. Lyricist: Amadeu do Vale. Singer: Amália Rodrigues.- The Best of Fado.
- Novoson.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words in G major, Op 62 No 1
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Broadcast
- Sun 23 Jul 2023 19:30BBC Radio 3
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