Organization

Conductor

Ryan Wigglesworth

Singer

Soprano

Eleanor Dennis

Mezzo-soprano

Karen Cargill

Tenor

Nicky Spence

Bass-baritone

Michael Mofidian

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Others

BBC Symphony Chorus

Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony

London

United Kingdom

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall

Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 Beethoven

Private

Public

Meditations on Joy

9th Symphony

Approved

About This Event
Beethoven’s mighty ‘Choral’ Symphony, with its famous ‘Ode to Joy’ finale, is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth in the first of their two Proms together this season (see Prom 43). The symphony’s monumental, revolutionary musical statement – seizing hope and happiness from doubt and struggle – is picked up in Helen Grime’s Proms commission Meditations on Joy, whose three movements are each inspired by a different poem and facet of joy.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble