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Prom 68: Wagner Night

Live at the 麻豆社 Proms. Marc Albrecht conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with soloists Christine Goerke and Stephen Gould, in music by Wagner, Franck and Weber.

Live at 麻豆社 Proms: Marc Albrecht conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with soloists Christine Goerke and Stephen Gould, in music by Wagner, Franck and Weber.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freisch眉tz 鈥� Overture
Richard Wagner: Siegfried 鈥� Forest Murmurs
C茅sar Franck: Le chasseur maudit

c. 20:15 Interval
In the third of our series on Henry Wood, Hannah French explores the Proms founder-conductor鈥檚 relationship with Wagner鈥檚 music.

c. 20:40
Richard Wagner: G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� Dawn and Siegfried鈥檚 Rhine Journey; Duet 'Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde'; Siegfried's Death and Funeral March; Br眉nnhilde's Immolation Scene

Christine Goerke (soprano)
Stephen Gould (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Albrecht (conductor)

Composer-themed evenings were a distinctive and popular feature of Henry Wood鈥檚 early Proms seasons: if it was Monday, it was Wagner Night.

We revive this tradition with a concert whose first half explores the enchanted forest (both beguiling and darkly supernatural) 鈥� a key symbol of the German Romantic movement.

The second half presents pivotal scenes from G枚tterd盲mmerung, the climax of Wagner鈥檚 four-opera magnum opus The Ring of the Nibelung 鈥� including Siegfried鈥檚 Death and Funeral Music and the vocal tour de force of Br眉nnhilde鈥檚 Immolation Scene.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freischutz - overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried - Forest Murmurs

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Le chasseur maudit

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
  • Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Performer: Christine Goerke. Performer: Stephen Gould.
  • Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung - Siegfried's Death and Funeral March

    Performer: Christine Goerke. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung - Br眉nnhilde's Immolation Scene

    Performer: Christine Goerke. Performer: Stephen Gould.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Missa Salisburgensis: Kyrie & Gloria

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Reinhard Goebel. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    The Presentation in the Temple (Mystery Sonata No 4)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz. Performer: David Miller.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Sep 2019 19:30

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