BBC Proms 2017, Prom 21: Beethoven - Symphony No 9, 'Choral'

BBC Proms 2017, Prom 21: Beethoven - Symphony No 9, 'Choral'

Live at BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Xian Zhang with Erin Wall, Sonia Prina, Simon O'Neil, and Alexander Vinogradov perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

00. Introductory commentary & intro to A European Requiem
01. James MacMillan: A European Requiem
02. Beethoven - Symphony No.9 in D minor, 'Choral'
02i. Xian Zhang discusses Beethoven’s Choral Symphony
03. Interval - Proms Extra, Europe
Novelist Lawrence Norfolk makes a selection of European writers who have considered the idea of 'Europe', with readings performed by Peter Marinker. Hosted by New Generation Thinker Nandini Das. Recorded earlier as a Proms Extra with an audience at Imperial College.

Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Erin Wall (soprano)
Sonia Prina (mezzo)
Simon O'Neil (tenor)
Alexander Vinogradov (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)

Freedom, hope and brotherhood are the notions that underpin both Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Sir James MacMillan's new choral work A European Requiem - a plea for unity in a troubled world. Xian Zhang and the BBC NOW perform this European premiere.

Broadcast: 30 July 2017