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Playing: String Quartet in G major (Op.18 No.2) by Ludwig van Beethoven

Through the Night John Shea presents a concert given at the 2011 Proms.

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Fri, 28 November 2008 - Part 2

Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast:
Friday 28 November 2008

Live from London's Barbican, presented by Martin Handley.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conclude their concert with Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, which is inspired by medieval poetry and takes 13th century poems on subjects such as fortune, the return of spring and the perils of gluttony and drinking, and has a score featuring large orchestra, full choir, children's choir and soloists.

Sally Matthews (soprano)
John Graham-Hall (tenor)
William Dazeley (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
Trinity Boys' Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

Orff: Carmina Burana.

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