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Prom 68: Wagner Night

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2019 Repeats

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

Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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 Freischütz – Overture
Richard Wagner: Siegfried – Forest Murmurs
César Franck: Le chasseur maudit

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

c. 20:40
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey; Duet 'Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde'; Siegfried's Death and Funeral March; Brünnhilde'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’s 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) – a key symbol of the German Romantic movement.

The second half presents pivotal scenes from Götterdämmerung, the climax of Wagner’s four-opera magnum opus The Ring of the Nibelung – including Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music and the vocal tour de force of Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene.

2 hours, 3 minutes

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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.

  • César 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
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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