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Prom 69: Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2022

Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique perform Beethoven's supreme spiritual testament, the Missa solemnis.

Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique perform Beethoven's supreme spiritual testament, the Missa solemnis.

Presented by Hannah French, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Beethoven: Missa solemnis

Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano)
Giovanni Sala (tenor)
William Thomas (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner

‘From the heart – may it go straight to the heart.’ Ludwig van Beethoven worked for half a decade on his Missa solemnis, and it’s infinitely more than just one of the mightiest and most ambitious Mass settings since Bach. The Missa solemnis is the supreme spiritual testament of one of the greatest creative artists who ever lived: an intimate self-portrait of a human soul, profoundly beautiful and almost unbearably moving. This performance is a labour of love for Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Few living conductors can match his experience as an interpreter of Classical and Romantic choral music, and with the period instruments of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Beethoven’s inspiration will glow with a special richness and warmth.

2 hours, 29 minutes

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Wed 7 Sep 2022 19:30
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mass In D Major Op.123 (Missa Solemnis)

    Performer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: Ann Hallenberg. Performer: Giovanni Sala. Performer: William Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.

  • Franz Strauss

    Nocturno Op.7 for horn and piano

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Ensemble: Escher Quartet.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 1 No 3

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in C major, D 840, 'Reliquie' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert, Live, Volume 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Avie.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Sep 2022 19:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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