Prom 65: Choral Day – Handel’s Messiah
Live at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Proms: John Butt conducts a host of choirs and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Handel’s Messiah, arranged by Mozart.
Live at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Proms: John Butt conducts a host of choirs and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Handel’s Messiah, arranged by Mozart.
Presented by Penny Gore, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Handel arr. Mozart: Messiah, Part 1 (sung in English)
c. 7.55pm
INTERVAL: Harpsichordist, conductor and researcher Joseph McHardy talks to Penny Gore about the impact of Handel's Messiah at home and abroad.
c. 8.20pm
Handel arr. Mozart: Messiah, Parts 2 and 3 (sung in English)
Nardus Williams (soprano)
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Ashley Riches (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus
Bath Minerva Choir
Fourth Choir
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
LYC Chamber Choir
Voices of the River’s Edge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Gavin Carr (chorus master)
John Butt (conductor)
Our Proms Choral Day culminates with one of music’s everlasting masterpieces, Handel’s Messiah. The choral movements are where this work’s most exciting, most joyous and most explosive music is to be found. ‘I did think I did see all Heaven before me,’ wrote the composer as he finished this musical reflection on faith, one that still brings audiences to their feet nearly three centuries after it was written. Heard here in Mozart’s thrilling arrangement, Messiah is delivered by massed choirs and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under early music specialist John Butt.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah, Part 1
Performer: Nardus Williams. Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Benjamin Hulett. Performer: Ashley Riches. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: John Butt. Choir: Fourth Choir. Ensemble: Jason Max Ferdinand Singers. Choir: LYC Chamber Choir. Choir: Bath Minerva Choir. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Suite in C major, K 399 - Overture
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Village Harmony
Salvation All - Spanking Roger
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation, Hob.XXI:2: Pt. 3, Praise the Lord, Ye Voices All!
Choir: Handel and Haydn Society. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Haydn: The Creation.
- CORO.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah, Parts 2 & 3
Performer: Nardus Williams. Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Benjamin Hulett. Performer: Ashley Riches. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: John Butt. Choir: Fourth Choir. Ensemble: Jason Max Ferdinand Singers. Choir: LYC Chamber Choir. Choir: Bath Minerva Choir. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra.- Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - Return from the hunt
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - Approach of the storm
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - Intro & Ballad of Cordelia
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - March
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - Scene on the steppe
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - The Blinding of Gloucester
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to King Lear Op.58a - The military camp
Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- The World's Greatest Orchestras - Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Stephen Warbeck
Suite (From "Shakespeare In Love")
- 100 Greatest Classical Pieces.
- Silva Screen Records.
- 87.
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Cole Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)
Singer: Lee Wilkof. Singer: Michael Mulheren. Orchestra: Unnamed Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Gemignani.- DRG RECORDS.
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