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CBSO, Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

蜜芽传媒 Proms 2020

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla returns to the Proms with Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony and a world premiere by Gerald Barry. Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in Stravinsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

In 2020, 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

Petroc Trelawny presents a highlight from the 2017 season.

Beethoven: Overture 鈥楲eonore鈥� No. 3
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major
Gerald Barry: Canada (蜜芽传媒 commission: world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Allan Clayton (tenor)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla (conductor)

(From 蜜芽传媒 Proms 2017, 21 August)

The CBSO and Mirga Gra啪inyte-Tyla explore the theme of political and artistic freedom. Beethoven鈥檚 Leonore Overture No. 3, written for his rescue opera Fidelio, celebrates the triumph of truth over tyranny in music of radiant beauty, while his Fifth Symphony rewrites the rules for the classical symphony.

In his new work, maverick composer Gerald Barry sets a text from Fidelio鈥檚 Prisoners鈥� Chorus 鈥� including the lines 鈥楽peak softly! We are watched with eyes and ears鈥�, suggesting a resonance with today鈥檚 concerns over public surveillance. And Leila Josefowicz amps up the drama in the fierce brilliance of Stravinsky鈥檚 neoclassical concerto.

2 hours, 28 minutes

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    Performer: Sophie Daneman. Performer: Alix Verzier. Performer: Alessandro Moccia. Performer: J茅r么me Hanta茂. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Peter Harvey.
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  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Pulse of an Irishman (12 Irish Songs, WoO 154)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    6 Moments musicaux, D 780

    Performer: Igor Levit.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Aug 2020 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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