When did BBC Proms Season 43 Episode 5 air?
BBC Proms Season 43 Episode 5 aired on August 18, 1989.
BBC Proms
The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.
Season 43 · Episode 5
Omnibus at the Proms
Aug 18, 1989
Beethoven's Choral Symphony conducted by Klaus Tennstedt Beethoven's Ninth, the great revolutionary work that ends with Schiller's Ode to Joy, is given under the German conductor whose performance of it is now world-renowned. Klaus Tennstedt first began to make an international reputation after he left his native East Germany in 1971. He was made principal conductor and music director of the London Philharmonic in 1983 and is now the orchestra's conductor laureate. Mechthild Gessendorf (soprano) Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano) David Rendall (tenor) Hermann Becht (baritone). London Philharmonic Choir chorusmaster Richard Cooke. BBC Symphony Chorus chorusmaster Stephen Jackson. London Philharmonic led by David Nolan.
Episode FAQ
Direct answers for episode-level questions and details.
How long is BBC Proms Season 43 Episode 5?
Runtime information for this episode is not available yet.
Comments
Comments coming soon
Discuss episodes with other viewers