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Prom 41 - Schoenberg's Gurrelieder

A Prom in which Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, soloists and a choir of around 300 singers in Schoenberg's rarely-performed choral work Gurrelieder.

With Louise Fryer

Schoenberg's rarely-performed choral blockbuster Gurrelieder. Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the 大象传媒 SO, a stellar line-up of soloists, and a massed choir of some 300 voices.
Based on the poetry of Jens Peter Jacobsen, the cantata traces the ill-fated relationship between Danish king, Waldemar Atterdag, and his mistress Tove. The medieval love-tragedy is an early masterpiece in which Schoenberg's late-Romantic voluptuousness attains a radiant C major sunrise apotheosis.

Presented by Penny Gore

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder

Waldemar.....Simon O'Neil (tenor)
Tove.....Angela Denoke (soprano)
Wood Dove.....Katarina Karn茅us (mezzo-soprano)
Peasant.....Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
Klaus the Fool.....Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (tenor)
Speaker.....Wolfgang Schoene

大象传媒 Singers
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
New London Chamber Choir
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurrelieder - Part 1

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurrelieder - Part 2

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Aug 2012 14:00