Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	21st July 2018
To	21st July 2018
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 31 May 18 - T0316272875

Prom 9 - War & Peace

Work:: Prom 9 (S371)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: War & Peace (T0316272875)

In the centenary year of the end of the First World War, the World Orchestra for Peace - founded by Georg Solti as an expression of international musical harmony - returns to the Proms with one of classical music's most potent statements of brotherhood and fellowship, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Composed in the shadow of the Second World War, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem adds its own emotive warning against war. The concert opens with a new, First World War-themed work by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, commissioned for the talented young singers of the BBC Proms Youth Choir.

Performer	Erin Wall (soprano)
Performer	Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Russell Thomas (tenor)
Performer	Franz-Josef Selig (baritone)
Company	BBC Proms Youth Choir
Company	World Orchestra for Peace
Conductor	Simon Halsey
Conductor	Donald Runnicles

Listing:: L01264735260

War & Peace

In the centenary year of the end of the First World War, the World Orchestra for Peace - founded by Georg Solti as an expression of international musical harmony - returns to the Proms with one of classical music's most potent statements of brotherhood and fellowship, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Composed in the shadow of the Second World War, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem adds its own emotive warning against war. The concert opens with a new, First World War-themed work by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, commissioned for the talented young singers of the BBC Proms Youth Choir.

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