BBC Proms
S40E08
S40E08· aired 9/12/1986

Live from the Proms

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Overview

Beethoven Choral Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti with Jessye Norman (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Reiner Goldberg (tenor) Hans Sotin (bass) The BBC Singers London Voices and the Chorus of Welsh National Opera London Philharmonic Orchestra leader DAVID NOLAN Introduced by Jane Glover Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on the last Friday of the Promenade concert season is a tradition established by Sir Henry Wood that continues to this day. Schiller's 'Ode to Joy' will be sung by 120 voices made up of three professional choirs together with a quartet of world-renowned soloists. Sung in German with English subtitles