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Prom 72 (part 2): Verdi & Tchaikovsky

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Xian Zhang conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op 58.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Penny Gore

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi and Xian Zhang at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms perform Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, and are joined by Joseph Calleja for arias by Verdi

Verdi: La forza del destino - overture
Verdi: Attila - 'O dolore! ed io vivea'
Verdi: I vespri siciliani - 'À toi que j'ai chérie'
Verdi: La traviata - Prelude (Act 1)
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - 'O inferno! ... Sento avvampar nell'anima'
Verdi: Aida - Triumphal March (Act 2)
Verdi: Luisa Miller - 'O! fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido'
Verdi: Rigoletto - 'La donna è mobile'

7.55pm Interval

8.15pm
Tchaikovsky: Manfred

Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Xian Zhang (conductor)

The Orchestra Sinfonia di Milano Giuseppe Verdi under Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang complete the season's Tchaikovsky Symphony series with his Byronic Manfred Symphony. And Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja warms up for the Last Night of the Proms by joining the orchestra for overtures and arias by Verdi.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Thu 5 Sep 2013 20:15

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony Op 58

    Conductor: Xian Zhang. Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Sep 2013 20:15

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