8. Live from the Proms

Aired Sep 12, 1986

Beethoven Choral Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti with Jessye Norman (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Reiner Goldberg (tenor) Hans Sotin (bass) The BBC Singers London Voices and the Chorus of Welsh National Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra leader DAVID NOLAN Introduced by Jane Glover Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on the last Friday of the Promenade concert season is a tradition established by Sir Henry Wood that continues to this day. Schiller's 'Ode to Joy' will be sung by 120 voices made up of three professional choirs together with a quartet of world-renowned soloists. Sung in German with English subtitles

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