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Proms 2019 Prom 43: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

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Prom 43: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
19:30 Mon 19 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall
Sakari Oramo conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – Western music’s most powerful statement of universal fellowship. It is paired with two world premieres, including a much-anticipated Piano Concerto by Dieter Ammann, with soloist Andreas Haefliger.
Sakari Oramo conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – Western music’s most powerful statement of universal fellowship. It is paired with two world premieres, including a much-anticipated Piano Concerto by Dieter Ammann, with soloist Andreas Haefliger.

Programme

      • We Are One Fire(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
      • Piano Concerto(25 mins)BBC co-commission with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Wien, Lucerne Festival, Münchner Philharmoniker and Taipei Symphony Orchestra, supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council: world premiere
        • interval
        • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(70 mins)

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    Sakari Oramo conducts the annual Proms performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – Finnish soprano Anu Komsi leads an international cast of soloists.

    It is paired with two world premieres: a new choral work by Jonathan Dove and a much-anticipated Piano Concerto by Swiss composer Dieter Ammann, performed by his compatriot Andreas Haefliger.

    Approx. end time: 22:05

    Image: Anu Komsi © Ville Paul Paasimaa

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