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Klaus Tennstedt conducts Beethoven at the 1991 麻豆社 Proms

麻豆社 Proms 2020

Klaus Tennstedt conducts the Brighton Festival Chorus and the London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra in Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony,

In 2020, 麻豆社 Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts and tonight Petroc Trelawny presents an unmissable occasion as the legendary German conductor Klaus Tennstedt leads a searingly intense performance of Beethoven's last symphony.

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485
Halle Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor

c.7.55pm
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 鈥楥horal鈥�

Brighton Festival Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jane Eaglen (soprano)
Kathleen Kuhlmann (mezzo-soprano)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
John Tomlinson (bass)
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
Christopher Larkin (conductor)
(From 麻豆社 Proms 1991, 31 August)

c.9.05pm
Janacek: Taras Bulba
Bela Dekany (violin)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

麻豆社 Proms: A fixture of almost every Proms season, Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony received a celebrated performance at the 1991 festival by Klaus Tennstedt, at that time Conductor Laureate of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Tennstedt led the orchestra alongside choirs from London and Brighton in Beethoven鈥檚 great hymn to humanity, whose last movement features the composer鈥檚 profoundly optimistic vocal and choral setting of Schiller鈥檚 鈥極de to Joy鈥�.

Before we hear the Beethoven, Petroc Trelawny introduces a recording made at the 麻豆社 Proms on 9 August 1968, in which Sir John Barbirolli conducted the Halle Orchestra in Schubert's Fifth Symphony.
After the rousing performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, we've a chance to hear the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky at the 麻豆社 Proms in 1981 in a searing performance of Janacek's powerful and dramatic work, Taras Bulba.

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.5 in B flat major, D.485

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 9 in D minor Op.125 (Choral)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt. Singer: Jane Eaglen. Singer: Kathleen Kuhlmann. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: John Tomlinson. Choir: Brighton Festival Chorus. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Taras Bulba

    Performer: Bela Dekany. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • ICA Classics.

  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Lume

    Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 8.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor "Devil's trill"

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 5-7.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Sep 2020 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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