| Main Performers | Samantha Clarke,
Claudia Huckle,
Nick Pritchard,
William Thomas - vocals |
| Choirs | National Youth Chamber Choir |
| Set List | 'Hippolyte et Aricie Bruit de tonnerre 1', Rameau,
'Hippolyte et Aricie Ritornello 2', Rameau,
'Dardanus Tambourins I & II 3', Rameau,
'Castor et Pollux Tristes apprêts 5', Rameau,
'Symphony No. 2 in D major 12', Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges,
'Dardanus Lieux funestes 6', Rameau,
'Platée Orage 2', Rameau,
'Les Indes galantes Chaconne 6', Rameau,
INTERVAL
'Requiem in D Minor (compl. Süssmayr) 48', Mozart, |
| Performance Notes | In 2021, the BBC Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a summer of live music, as it has done every year since 1941. With 52 concerts over 44 days, featuring 30 orchestras and ensembles and more than 2,000 musicians, this ambitious season promises a celebration of live music on a scale not seen since before the pandemic. From the power of a symphony orchestra to the sheer joy of a single performer on the Halls magnificent organ, this summer we look forward to coming together through music. Every Prom will be live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.
One of four Mystery Proms whose details will be revealed nearer the time.
Didnt I tell you that I composed the Requiem for myself? Mozart may (or may not) have spoken those words on his death bed, but his choral masterpiece, the Requiem, commissioned by a mysterious cloaked figure, certainly offers a transfiguring experience. Written in the last month of Mozarts life, it contrasts the fear of death with radiant hope and balances dark drama with sublime simplicity. Its sung tonight by a cast of rising-star soloists, joined by some of the UKs most talented young voices, the National Youth Chamber Choir. As a prelude, the concerts first half includes a short symphony by Mozarts contemporary Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges the first composer of African ancestry to make waves in Europe and a selection of dances arias and storm-evocations drawn from operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading music-dramatist of this day.
The season was shortened to six, rather than eight, weeks because of the financial risk to the BBC not knowing audience sizes due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Related Archival Material | Prospectus (RAHE/1/2021/5),
Programme (RAHE/1/2021/28) |