Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	19th July 2015
To	19th July 2015
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 14 May 15 - T1027499175

Prom 4 - Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Work:: Prom 4 (S365)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (T1027499175)

Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony is a celebration of human endeavour, as is his ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus. Latvian Andris Nelsons is reunited with the CBSO, having ended his Music Directorship on a high in June. (He returns in Proms 49 and 51 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra). John Woolrich's dark, sardonic contra-bassoon concerto was written for the CBSO's own contra-bassoonist Margaret Cookhorn. Finish time: approx 21:40

Performer	Margaret Cookhorn (contra-bassoon)
Performer	Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Performer	Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Dmytro Popov (tenor)
Performer	Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
Company	CBSO Chorus
Company	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras
Conductor	Andris Nelsons

Listing:: L0907504386

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony is a celebration of human endeavour, as is his ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus. Latvian Andris Nelsons is reunited with the CBSO, having ended his Music Directorship on a high in June. (He returns in Proms 49 and 51 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra). John Woolrich's dark, sardonic contra-bassoon concerto was written for the CBSO's own contra-bassoonist Margaret Cookhorn. Finish time: approx 21:40

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