BBC Proms S36E08 · Live from the Proms

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Sir Georg Solti conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, leader David Nolan, in Beethoven's Mass in D (Missa solemnis). Traditionally the last night before the Last Night of the Proms is Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Tonight, exceptionally, the Proms offer his other great choral work. On the top of the score, Beethoven wrote 'from the heart - may it go to the heart.' Helen Donath (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, chorus-master John Curry Introduced by Cormac Rigby

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