BBC Proms 2019 Prom 74 - Beethoven Night (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: the NDR Radio Philharmonic is conducted by Andrew Manze in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.

01. Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 74
02. Beethoven - Aria 'Ah! perfido'
02a. Interview with Elizabeth Watts
03. Bach, J.S. (orch Elgar) - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
03a. Introduction to Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
04. Beethoven - Fidelio – overture
04a. Introduction to Part II of BBC Proms 2019 Prom 74
05. Beethoven - Fidelio – 'Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern'
06. Beethoven - Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op. 67
06a. Introduction to Beethoven’s Symphony No 5
07. Handel - Water Music Lentement and Bourée from Suite No. 2 in D Major (encore)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)

Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood’s tradition of composer-themed nights continues here with Beethoven.

The composer’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a programme that also includes music from his dramatic ‘rescue’ opera Fidelio.
Bach’s music was a passion shared by Beethoven and Wood, and is represented here by Elgar’s orchestration of the Fantasia and Fugue in C minor for organ.

BBC Proms 2019 Prom 74 Proms Plus Interval
Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, and his Fifth Symphony are two of his most iconic works. Scholars Benjamin Walton and Laura Tunbridge examine the composer’s social standing in the early years of the 19th century. Presented by Flora Willson.


Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Broadcast: 13 September 2019