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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season - Prom 75 - Beethoven's 'Symphony No.9, 'Choral''
Performance Date12 September 2014
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:32
Main PerformersChristina Landshamer,
Gerhild Romberger,
Steve Davislim,
Dmitry Belosselskiy - vocals
Orchestra or BandLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
ChoirsMembers of the Leipzig Opera Chorus,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Children’s Choir,
London Symphony Chorus
ConductorsAlan Gilbert
Set List'Paraphrase on the Opening of Beethoven's Symphony No.9', F Cerha,
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor, 'Choral'', Beethoven
Performance NotesA highlight of every season in recent Proms history, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 this year returns to its once-traditional slot on the penultimate night – a symphonic finale before the musical party that is the Last Night.

Giving their second performance this summer, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and conductor Alan Gilbert are joined by an international cast of soloists for this audacious musical testament of faith and unity across all nations and creeds.

When Mahler later said that a symphony should 'embrace the whole universe', it's hard to imagine he wasn't thinking of Beethoven's mighty 'Choral' Symphony.

There was no interval.

Full house with approxiamately 200 patrons turned away.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/125),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide
Ticket Prices£5.00-£68.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/asZa92axd0dX
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2014/125BBC Proms 2014 - Prom 7512 September 2014
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9894BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
DS/UK/20373Gilbert; Alan (1967-); American conductor and violinist
DS/UK/7659Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; 1781-; German symphony orchestra
DS/UK/1021London Symphony Chorus (LSC); London Symphony Orchestra; 1966-; English orchestra
DS/UK/6741Romberger; Gerhild (fl 1990s-); German mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/20374Landshamer; Christina (fl 2004-); German soprano
DS/UK/20375Davislim; Steve (fl 2005-); Australian tenor
DS/UK/20376Bolosselskiy; Dmitry (fl 2010-); Russian bass-baritone
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