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Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2023

Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus and star soloists in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in D minor, 'Choral'.

Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus and Ryan Wigglesworth with Eleanor Dennis, Karen Cargill, Nicky Spence and Michael Mofidian.

Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Helen Grime: Meditations on Joy

c. 7.50 Interval
Kate Molleson talks about changing ideas of joy with Bidisha Mamata, writer and presenter of a podcast series about happiness for the Wellcome Collection.

c. 8.10 Part Two
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

Eleanor Dennis (soprano)
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone)
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Beethoven’s mighty ‘Choral’ Symphony, with its famous ‘Ode to Joy’ finale, is performed by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth in the first of their two Proms together this season. The symphony’s monumental, revolutionary musical statement – seizing hope and happiness from doubt and struggle – is picked up in Helen Grime’s Proms commission Meditations on Joy, whose three movements are each inspired by a different poem and facet of joy.

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Sun 23 Jul 2023 19:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Helen Grime

    Meditations On Joy

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125 (Choral)

    Performer: Eleanor Dennis. Performer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Michael Mofidian. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. Choir: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dumka, Op 59

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 07.

  • Joaquim Campos

    Lisboa Oxalá

    Performer: Carlos do Carmo. Performer: José Manuel Neto. Performer: Carlos Manuel Proença. Performer: José Marino Freitas. Lyricist: Nuno Júdice.
    • À Noite.
    • Universal Music Portugal.
    • 4.

  • Raul Portela

    Lisboa antiga

    Lyricist: José Galhardo. Lyricist: Amadeu do Vale. Singer: Amália Rodrigues.
    • The Best of Fado.
    • Novoson.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in G major, Op 62 No 1

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jul 2023 19:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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