Beethoven's Fifth
Highlights from the 2024 season of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms.
The opening of Beethoven's Fifth symphony is perhaps the most instantly recognisable piece of classical music: it has been reused and remixed in film and pop music, sent into interstellar space on board of the Voyager spacecraft and immortalised in wartime Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ broadcasts. But can that familiarity sometimes obscure the groundbreaking nature and emotional power of the work?
The Hong-Kong-born conductor Elim Chan opens the 2024 Proms season with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Chorus in a programme that also includes a brand new work from a young British/Japanese composer. Andrew McGregor and conductor Alice Farnham introduce this concert from the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Broadcast programme:
Ben Nobuto - Hallelujah Sim. (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ commission, world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor
(Photo: Conductor Elim Chan at the 2024 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms. Credit Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ/Chris Christodoulou)
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