Monteverdi's Vespers
Episode 26 · 2010-09-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
Charles Hazlewood introduces as the stage, arena and galleries of the Royal Albert Hall provide a thrilling setting for Monteverdi's masterpiece - the spectacular Vespers of 1610. Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir return to the music with which they made their Proms debut in 1968, now joined by the expert period instrumentalists of the English Baroque Soloists, and with the additional brass forces of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. A festive new piece by Jonathan Dove opens the evening; a contemporary hornpipe forms an upbeat to anniversary composer Arne's Rule, Britannia!; and audiences around the UK can join the Royal Albert Hall crowd in singing along to excerpts from Lohengrin and Carousel in a climax to the BBC's opera season
Season 64 episodes
1. Mahler's Symphony No 8 - Symphony of a Thousand2010-07-16
2. Bryn Terfel Sings Wagner's Meistersinger2010-07-17
3. Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony2010-07-22
4. Beethoven Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra2010-07-23
5. Miracle on the Mersey2010-07-24
6. Dvorak's New World Symphony with the CBSO2010-07-29
7. Mark Elder Conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony2010-07-30
8. Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration2010-07-31
9. Mahler's Third Symphony with the BBC SSO2010-08-05
10. Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto2010-08-06
11. World Orchestra for Peace2010-08-07
12. Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto2010-08-12
13. Bach Day2010-08-14
14. Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony2010-08-19
15. The Philharmonia Play Ravel and Arvo Part2010-08-20
16. The National Youth Orchestra2010-08-21
17. Sibelius's Second Symphony2010-08-26
18. Jamie Cullum Night2010-08-27
19. Rodgers and Hammerstein2010-08-29
20. Pictures at an Exhibition with the BBC NOW2010-09-02
21. Bruckner's Ninth Symphony2010-09-03
22. Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic2010-09-03
23. Doctor Who at the Proms2010-09-06
24. Last Night of the Proms 1910 Style2010-09-09
25. Doctor Who at the Proms Extended2010-09-10
26. Monteverdi's Vespers2010-09-10
27. Last Night of the Proms2010-09-11
28. Chopin and Ravel2010-10-29
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