Sir Antonio Pappano: Berlioz's Requiem
BBC Proms
Royal Albert Hall
The Concert
Hector Berlioz
Requiem ‘Grande messe des morts’ (82 mins)
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Tenor to be announced
Tickets
Available from the Royal Albert Hall
The Programme
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in one of the repertoire’s most monumental musical statements.
Premiered in 1837 with 450 performers, Berlioz’s Requiem is a colossal, cinematic statement of faith, fear and hope – a sonic portrait of ‘mankind gathered together on the last day’. Demanding ten timpanists and with four separate brass groups, it sends the shockwaves of the Day of Judgement right through listeners, insisting on the majesty, the fragility and the terrifying spectacle of death and resurrection.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
Header Image © Frances Marshall
