BBC Proms Season 2018 Episode 11 - Brahms Requiem

Airdate: 2018-Aug-10

Episode summary:

The Rev Richard Coles introduces a performance of Brahms's tender and consoling A German Requiem, inspired by the death of the composer's mother. Richard Farnes conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists Golda Schultz, making her Prom debut, and Johan Reuter. The evening starts by marking Thea Musgrave's ninetieth birthday with her dramatic and mysterious single-movement piece Phoenix Rising.

About BBC Proms series:

BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.