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Prom 11: Wagner and Tippett

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Mark Wigglesworth conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. Wagner: Die Walkure (final scene). Tippett: A Child of Our Time.

Live at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Mark Wigglesworth perform the final scene of Wagner's opera Die WalkΓΌre and Tippett's A Child of Our Time.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Donald Macleod

Wagner: Die WalkΓΌre - final scene

8.10 INTERVAL: Proms Extra
Martin Handley is joined by Oliver Soden and Jessica Williams to introduce Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time and discuss the life and work of the composer. A Proms Extra event recorded at the Imperial College Union in London.

8:30
Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Hoare (tenor)
James Creswell (bass)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Mark Wigglesworth conductor

As Europe slipped towards Fascism, Michael Tippett felt solidarity with the downtrodden. Then, in 1938,a young Polish Jew, whose parents had been deported by the Nazis, shot a German diplomat in Paris. Tippett had the central figure for his 'oratorio of contemplation', A Child of Our Time - inspired by Bach's Passions, Handel's Messiah and American spirituals.
Mark Wigglesworth also explores the theme of parent-child relationships in the final scene of Wagner's opera Die WalkΓΌre, culminating in Wotan's poignant farewell to his daughter.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Jul 2016 19:30

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Die WalkΓΌre – final scene

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Michael Tippett

    A Child of Our Time

    Singer: Tamara Wilson. Singer: Peter Hoare. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Performer: James Creswell. Singer: Susan Bickley.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite in C minor, BWV 997

    Performer: Maxence Larrieu. Performer: Robert Veyron‐Lacroix.
    • Concert Royal.
    • Denon.
    • 3.

Credits

Role Contributor
Performer ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales
Performer ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Jul 2016 19:30

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