Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC Proms
Performers
| Anna Samuil | Soprano |
| Waltraud Meier | Mezzo-soprano |
| Michael König | Tenor |
| René Pape | Bass |
| Daniel Barenboim | Conductor |
| National Youth Choir of Great Britain | |
| West-Eastern Divan Orchestra |
Daniel Barenboim’s
Beethoven cycle reaches its
climax with a youthful take
on the traditional annual
Proms performance of the
Ninth, perhaps the richest,
most provocative statement
in Western art music.
An impressive team of
soloists joins the National
Youth Choir of Great Britain
and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra to project
the finale’s inclusive vision of hope, reconciliation and
hard-won triumph. What better to mark today’s
opening of the London 2012 Olympics than
Beethoven’s ultimate hymn to universal brotherhood?
Beethoven cycle reaches its
climax with a youthful take
on the traditional annual
Proms performance of the
Ninth, perhaps the richest,
most provocative statement
in Western art music.
An impressive team of
soloists joins the National
Youth Choir of Great Britain
and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra to project
the finale’s inclusive vision of hope, reconciliation and
hard-won triumph. What better to mark today’s
opening of the London 2012 Olympics than
Beethoven’s ultimate hymn to universal brotherhood?
