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Prom 68: Wagner Night

麻豆社 Proms 2019 Repeats

From the 2019 麻豆社 Proms, Marc Albrecht conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with soloists Christine Goerke and Stephen Gould, in music by Wagner, Franck and Weber.

麻豆社 Proms: Marc Albrecht conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with soloists Christine Goerke and Stephen Gould, in music by Wagner, Franck and Weber.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Ian Skelly

Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freisch眉tz 鈥� Overture
Richard Wagner: Siegfried 鈥� Forest Murmurs
C茅sar Franck: Le chasseur maudit

c. 20:15 Interval
In the third of our series on Henry Wood, Hannah French explores the Proms founder-conductor鈥檚 relationship with Wagner鈥檚 music.

c. 20:40
Richard Wagner: G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Dawn and Siegfried鈥檚 Rhine Journey; Duet 'Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde'; Siegfried's Death and Funeral March; Br眉nnhilde's Immolation Scene

Christine Goerke (soprano)
Stephen Gould (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Albrecht (conductor)

Composer-themed evenings were a distinctive and popular feature of Henry Wood鈥檚 early Proms seasons: if it was Monday, it was Wagner Night.

We revive this tradition with a concert whose first half explores the enchanted forest (both beguiling and darkly supernatural) 鈥� a key symbol of the German Romantic movement.

The second half presents pivotal scenes from G枚tterd盲mmerung, the climax of Wagner鈥檚 four-opera magnum opus The Ring of the Nibelung 鈥� including Siegfried鈥檚 Death and Funeral Music and the vocal tour de force of Br眉nnhilde鈥檚 Immolation Scene.

2 hours, 3 minutes

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Thu 2 Jan 2020 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freischutz - overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegried - Forest Murmurs

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Le chasseur maudit

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.

  • Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung - highlights

    Singer: Christine Goerke. Singer: Stephen Gould. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony - 3rd movement, Scherzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
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Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Jan 2020 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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