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Prom 38: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Prom featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, youth choirs and soloists. Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region. Turnage: Frieze. Beethoven: Symphony No 9.

With Jonathan Swain - a second chance to hear the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, youth choirs and soloists Ailish Tynan, Jennifer Johnston, Toby Spence & Gerald Finley perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms. Plus music by Vaughan Williams and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Presented at the Royal Albert Hall by Petroc Trelawny

Vaughan Williams: Toward The Unknown Region

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Frieze (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Co-Commission With The Royal Philharmonic Society And The New York Philharmonic)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, 'Choral'

Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-sporano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Gerald Finley (bass)
Codetta
Irish Youth Chamber Choir
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

A host of youthful performers celebrates the bicentenary this year of the Royal Philharmonic Society with the most famous piece the Society ever played a role in commissioning - and another chance to hear Mark Anthony Turnage's brand new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Co-Commission with the RPS. The 'most famous' is surely Beethoven's last completed Symphony, the groundbreaking Choral Symphony - for which the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain are joined by four soloists and three youthful choirs from the UK and Ireland, including from Derry-Londonderry, the UK City of Culture 2013. 'Obsessed' with Beethoven from the age of 8, we hear a new work by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. He described being asked by the RPS to write a piece inspired by Beethoven's great Symphony as "...a joy... Beethoven is a towering figure, but I find him more inspiring than intimidating..." Turnage's title refers to the famous Beethoven Frieze created in 1902 by the Viennese artist Gustav Klimt.

Plus Spanish music from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Concerto in A minor Op.78 for piano and orchestra [1887]

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Aug 2013 14:00