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Sun 11 Aug 2013

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

  Helen Wallace and Amanda Glauert discuss Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and its link with the Royal Philharmonic Society.

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• 19:30

  Prom 38: Free Prom – Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

  Royal Albert Hall

  Vasily Petrenko conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and young singers from across the British Isles in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Vaughan Williams’s Walt Whitman setting Towards the Unknown Region and the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Frieze.

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  Vasily Petrenko conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and young singers from across the British Isles in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Vaughan Williams’s Walt Whitman setting Towards the Unknown Region and the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Frieze.

  Programme

  • • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Toward the Unknown Region(11 mins)
    • • Mark-Anthony Turnage
      • Frieze(15 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the New York Philharmonic: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(70 mins)

  Performers

  • Ailish Tynan

    soprano
    soprano
  • Jennifer Johnston

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Toby Spence

    tenor
    tenor
  • Gerald Finley

    baritone
    baritone
  • Codetta

    Proms debut artist
    Proms debut artist
  • Irish Youth Chamber Choir

    Proms debut artist
    Proms debut artist
  • National Youth Choir of Great Britain
  • National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
  • Vasily Petrenko

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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