The opening of the 94th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall.
Sir John Pritchard conducts the masterpiece that has become one of the most popular of all choral works. The Verdi Requiem
Throughout this year's 69 Proms there is a single thematic thread - the response of composers over the centuries to the power of the word. Written at the height of his powers, Verdi's Requiem expresses the ancient Latin text in a richly theatrical style that has earned the work the epithet of 'Verdi's greatest opera'. Soloists
Julia Varady (soprano)
Dolora Zajic (mezzo-soprano) Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
Evgeny Nesterenko (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus Bach Choir
London Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra led by BELA DEKANY
Introduced by Richard Baker
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BBC Proms · Season 42 · Episode 2
The opening of the 94th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall.
Sir John Pritchard conducts the masterpiece that has become one of the most popular of all choral works. The Verdi Requiem
Throughout this year's 69 Proms there is a single thematic thread - the response of composers over the centuries to the power of the word. Written at the height of his powers, Verdi's Requiem expresses the ancient Latin text in a richly theatrical style that has earned the work the epithet of 'Verdi's greatest opera'. Soloists
Julia Varady (soprano)
Dolora Zajic (mezzo-soprano) Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
Evgeny Nesterenko (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus Bach Choir
London Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra led by BELA DEKANY
Introduced by Richard Baker
Sir John Pritchard conducts the masterpiece that has become one of the most popular of all choral works. The Verdi Requiem
Throughout this year's 69 Proms there is a single thematic thread - the response of composers over the centuries to the power of the word. Written at the height of his powers, Verdi's Requiem expresses the ancient Latin text in a richly theatrical style that has earned the work the epithet of 'Verdi's greatest opera'. Soloists
Julia Varady (soprano)
Dolora Zajic (mezzo-soprano) Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
Evgeny Nesterenko (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus Bach Choir
London Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra led by BELA DEKANY
Introduced by Richard Baker
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42
Episode
2
Air Date
22/Jul/1988
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