BBC Proms - S41E04: Live from the Proms

Name: Live from the Proms
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-08-03
Duration: 3 h

Aug 03, 1987DocumentarySeason 41, Episode 4

Schoenberg's 'Gurrelieder' conducted by Pierre Boulez Gurra is the name of a Danish castle. Schoenberg, later to become the self-confessed 'bogeyman of 20th-century music' composed his massive, romantic work Songs of Gurra on near operatic scale - a kind of post-Wagnerian Tristan and Isolde. Jessye Norman (soprano) Elizabeth Lawrence (mezzo) Kenneth Riegel (tenor) Walter Raffeiner (tenor) John Brocheler (bass) Gerd Nienstadt (baritone) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus Brighton Festival Chorus Royal Choral Society Philharmonia Chorus (men's voices) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, leader GEOFFREY SILVER Introduced by Michael Berkeley

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01First Night of the PromsJul 17, 1987 02First Night of the PromsJul 17, 1987 03Omnibus at the PromsJul 31, 1987 04Live from the PromsAug 03, 1987 05Omnibus at the PromsAug 07, 1987 06Omnibus at the PromsAug 14, 1987 07Omnibus at the PromsAug 21, 1987 08Omnibus at the PromsAug 28, 1987 09Omnibus at the PromsSep 04, 1987 10Live from the Proms: Part 1Sep 07, 1987 11Omnibus at the PromsSep 11, 1987 12Last Night of the PromsSep 12, 1987 13Last Night of the PromsSep 12, 1987 14OmnibusSep 25, 1987

BBC Proms S41E04 Synopsis

Stream BBC Proms "Live from the Proms" in HD quality on Goojara. Originally aired on 1987-08-03, this episode is part of Season 41 of BBC Proms. As part of this Documentary series, the episode continues to build on the show's compelling narrative. Schoenberg's 'Gurrelieder' conducted by Pierre Boulez Gurra is the name of a Danish castle. Schoenberg, later to become the self-confessed 'bogeyman of 20th-century music' composed his massive, romantic work Songs of Gurra on near operatic scale - a...