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Sat 17 Aug 2013

• 11:00

  Proms Plus Sing

  Royal College of Music

  Explore the vocal writing in Brahms's A German Requiem with Mary King. Suitable for singers familiar with the work who want to get some vocal tips!

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• 15:00

  Prom 46: Dvořák, Verdi, Tchaikovsky & Strauss

  Royal Albert Hall

  The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays Dvořák last ‘Old World’ Symphony, No. 8, under Andris Nelsons. Soprano Kristīne Opolais sings arias by Verdi and Tchaikovsky in a matinee that ends with a flurry of Viennese waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss II.

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  The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays Dvořák last ‘Old World’ Symphony, No. 8, under Andris Nelsons. Soprano Kristīne Opolais sings arias by Verdi and Tchaikovsky in a matinee that ends with a flurry of Viennese waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss II.

  Programme

  • • • Antonín Dvořák
      • Symphony No. 8 in G major(38 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Giuseppe Verdi
      • Otello - 'Willow Song'
      • Otello - 'Ave Maria'
    • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      • Eugene Onegin – Polonaise(17 mins)
      • Eugene Onegin – Letter Scene
    • • Johann Strauss II
      • Emperor Waltz(11 mins)
      • Thunder and Lightning Polka(3 mins)

  Performers

  • KristÄ«ne Opolais

    soprano
    soprano
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Andris Nelsons

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Giuseppe Verdi
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Johann Strauss II

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  Choral music and opera

  
• 17:45

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

  Laura Tunbridge looks at Brahms and the works performed in tonight's concert.

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• 19:30

  Prom 47: Brahms – A German Requiem

  Royal Albert Hall

  Marin Alsop conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Choir of the Enlightenment in a rare performance of Brahms’s A German Requiem on period instruments. Brahms’s Tragic Overture and Schumann’s Fourth Symphony complete a powerful programme of mourning and consolation.

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  Marin Alsop conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Choir of the Enlightenment in a rare performance of Brahms’s A German Requiem on period instruments. Brahms’s Tragic Overture and Schumann’s Fourth Symphony complete a powerful programme of mourning and consolation.

  Programme

  • • • Johannes Brahms
      • Tragic Overture(14 mins)
    • • Robert Schumann
      • Symphony No. 4 in D minor(28 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Johannes Brahms
      • A German Requiem(68 mins)

  Performers

  • Rachel Harnisch

    soprano
    soprano
  • Henk Neven

    baritone
    baritone
  • Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Marin Alsop

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Johannes Brahms
  • Robert Schumann

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