08/09/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer.

BBC Proms 2008

One of the best known choral works in the repertory is performed at the 2008 Proms. Verdi's Requiem is every bit as popular as his famous operas and Verdi himself conducted the British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in 1875 to a tumultuous reception.

Here, over 220 voices of the massed choirs of the BBC Symphony Chorus and Crouch End Festival Chorus, an international line-up of soloists and Jiri Belohlavek conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform what the composer called one of his greatest achievements. Introduced by Suzy Klein.

Violeta Urmana (soprano)
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Verdi: Requiem

3.35pm Chamber Music

Music inspired by Italy, by composers from Bach to Nono.
Louis Lortie (piano)

Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 135
Brodsky Quartet.