Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Recorded on September 21st at City Halls, Glasgow.
Presented by Ian Skelly

Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in Beethoven's Ninth.

Palestrina: Sicut cervus (four-part motet)
Bach: Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 867 (arr. for string quintet by Beethoven) (Hess 38)
Handel: Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest'
Gluck: Dance of the Scythians (Iphigénie en Tauride)
Mozart: Misericordias Domini, K222
Haydn: Symphony No. 70 in D major

8.20: Interval

Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor, 'Choral'

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Louise Alder, soprano
Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Jackson, tenor
Neal Davis, bass
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Every performance of the Ninth is a major occasion, and with four exceptional soloists and the fresh voices of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, this will be a magnificent opening to the new season. But no revolution happens in isolation, and in a specially-conceived first half, Thomas Dausgaard introduces a season-long exploration of Composers' Roots with a journey into Beethoven's musical ancestry: from Haydn and Mozart back to Handel, Bach and the music of the Renaissance.
Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in Beethoven's Ninth.