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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 46 - Schoenberg - Gurrelieder
Performance Date19 August 2017
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:36
Main PerformersEva-Maria Westbroek (Tove),
Simon O’Neill (Waldemar),
Karen Cargill (Wood-Dove),
Peter Hoare (Klaus the Fool),
Christopher Purves (Peasant),
Thomas Quasthoff (Speaker) - vocals
Orchestra or BandLondon Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsCBSO Chorus,
Orfeó Català (Proms Debut Choir),
London Symphony Chorus
ConductorsSir Simon Rattle
Set List'Gurrelieder', Schoenberg
Performance NotesGurrelieder is a tale of a love that even death cannot vanquish, of rage against the heavens, and ultimately of consolation in a closing musical sunrise of unparalleled beauty.

What started out as a modest song-cycle grew into one of the most opulent musical giants of the 20th century – a cantata of Wagnerian ambition and proportions. The LSO and its Music Director Designate Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists.

There was no interval.
The event was broadcast on BBC Four on 3 September 2017.

Before the event members of the Orfeó Català and London Symphony Chorus congregated outside the Stage Door of the Royal Albert Hall in front of an audience of prommers and the public. They sang a tribute to the city an people of Barcelona and all those affected by a terrorist attack Thursday 17th August 2017.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/91),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28)
Ticket Prices£6-£60.00
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2017/91BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 46 - Schoenberg - Gurrelieder19 August 2017
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10965BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2017 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1388Rattle; Sir; Simon Denis (19 January 1955); OM CBE; British conductor
DS/UK/1021London Symphony Chorus (LSC); London Symphony Orchestra; 1966-; English orchestra
DS/UK/4838Orfeo Catala; 1891-; Spanish folk choir
DS/UK/5173City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (CBSO); 1974-; English choir
DS/UK/130London Symphony Orchestra (LSO); 1904-; English orchestra
DS/UK/1012Westbroek; Eve-Maria (1970-); Dutch soprano
DS/UK/1035O'Neill; Simon (1971-); New Zealand tenor
DS/UK/2249Cargill; Karen (fl 2012); Scottish mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/21273Hoare; Peter (fl 1990s-); British tenor, musician,
DS/UK/6615Purves; Christopher (fl 1990s-); English bass-baritone
DS/UK/21601Quasthoff; Thomas (1959-); German bass baritone
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