Prom 32: Britten, Brian Elias, Purcell and Elgar
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth with Leonard Elschenbroich, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar.
Live at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth with Leonard Elschenbroich, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Britten: Ballad of Heroes
Brian Elias: Cello Concerto
c. 7.45pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra
Christopher Eccleston and Yolanda Vasquez perform readings and poems by the British volunteers of the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War. Britten's 'Ballad of Heroes' is dedicated to them. Dr Richard Baxell talks to presenter Clemency Burton-Hill about the history. Recorded as a Proms Extra earlier with an audience at Imperial College Union.
Producer, Karen Holden
c. 8.10pm
Purcell, arr Elgar: Jehova, quam multi sunt
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Henry Waddington (bass)
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
Ryan Wigglesworth joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales for a programme that spans four centuries, from Purcell's dramatic choral motet 'Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei', to the world premiere of Brian Elias's Cello Concerto, whose intricate, spiral structure creates a dream-like musical narrative.
The concert opens with Britten's most overtly political work - an impassioned musical stand against fascism that anticipates the composer's War Requiem; and reaches its culmination with Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations, which includes the much-loved 'Nimrod'.
Producer Tim Thorne.
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Clips
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Elgar: Enigma Variations - excerpt (2017)
Duration: 01:51
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Brian Elias: Cello Concerto - excerpt (2017)
Duration: 02:00
Music and featured items
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Part 1
Duration: 56:20
Benjamin Britten
Ballad of Heroes
Performer: Toby Spence. Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth.Brian Elias
Cello Concerto
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.Interval
Proms Extra: The Spanish Civil War
Duration: 20:10
Part 2
Duration: 52:19
Henry Purcell
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, arr. Elgar
Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales.Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth.Post-concert
Duration: 06:33
Henry Purcell
Fantazia no.6 in F major Z.737
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 6.
Credits
Role Contributor Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales Performer Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales Broadcast
- Wed 9 Aug 2017 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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