BBC Proms Season 2021 Episode 18 - John Eliot Gardiner & the English Baroque Soloists

Airdate: 2021-Sep-05

Episode summary:

Marking his 60th Prom, John Eliot Gardiner directs the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a celebration of the early works of Handel and Bach. Mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg is the soloist in Handel's Donna, che in ciel, which is followed by Bach's Easter cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden. The Prom culminates in Handel's Dixit Dominus. Presented by Petroc Trelawny from the Royal Albert Hall.

About BBC Proms series:

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