Sat 20 Aug 2022

• 19:30

  Prom 44: Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D major

  Royal Albert Hall

  Ethel Smyth wasn’t especially religious, but her majestic Mass in D major is one of the crowning glories of the British choral tradition. Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra give the first Proms performance since the composer’s own lifetime.

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  Ethel Smyth wasn’t especially religious, but her majestic Mass in D major is one of the crowning glories of the British choral tradition. Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra give the first Proms performance since the composer’s own lifetime.

  Programme

  • • • Claude Debussy
      • Nocturnes(24 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Ethel Smyth
      • Mass in D major(60 mins)

  Performers

  • Nardus Williams

    soprano
    soprano
  • Bethan Langford

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Robert Murray

    tenor
    tenor
  • Božidar Smiljanić

    bass-baritone
    bass-baritone
  • BBC Symphony Chorus
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Claude Debussy
  • Ethel Smyth

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