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Season 2002
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2002x30
Rattle and the NYO play Mahler’s eighth symphony 'Symphony of a Thousand'
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Katie Derham introduces another stellar performance from the BBC Proms archive, this week from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle in 2002.
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Katie Derham introduces another stellar performance from the BBC Proms archive, this week from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle in 2002. No fewer than five choirs as well as soloists including Christine Brewer, John Relyea and Jane Henschel join them on stage for Mahler’s colossal Eighth Symphony, his ‘Symphony of a Thousand’.
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Rosemary Joshua soprano
Christine Brewer soprano
Sir Simon Rattle Conductor
John Relyea bass
David Wilson-Johnson baritone
Jon Villars tenor
Soile Isokoski soprano
Birgit Remmert mezzo-soprano
Jane Henschel mezzo-soprano
City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus
London Symphony Chorus (pre-1976, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus)
Toronto Children's Chorus
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
A concert version (by William Hammerstein) of Rodgers and Hammerstein's seminal musical masterpiece Oklahoma! performed live at the BBC Proms on Saturday 17 August, 2002.
A concert version (by William Hammerstein) of Rodgers and Hammerstein's seminal musical masterpiece Oklahoma! performed live at the BBC Proms on Saturday 17 August, 2002.
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