What's On / Proms by Day
SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 2009
Print this page
2.30pm Proms Intro Members of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Boulez's Anthèmes and Messagesquisse. Daniel Barenboim conducts the latter work and introduces the performances. Recorded for future broadcast on Radio 3.
4.00pm Film Knowledge is the Beginning (114', exempt from classification). Paul Smaczny's profile of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Introduced by Mariam Said.
Prom 50: Beethoven - Fidelio
- Date Saturday 22 August 2009
- Time 7.30pm - c10.15pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Tickets £12 - £54 price band C or Prom for £5
- Broadcast (repeat) on 1 January 2010 at 7.30pm on BBC Radio 3.
- All Proms repeats are available here for 7 days after broadcast.
Our celebration of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra's 10th anniversary ends with Beethoven's only foray into the operatic form. Fidelio is at once a passionate protest against political injustice and a paean to the power of human love.
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, it is sung in German by an international cast, using the English narration written by the orchestra's co-founder, the late Edward Said, in which the opera's heroine describes the events of the day in which she single-handedly rescued her husband from illegal incarceration and summary execution.
There will be one interval
- Beethoven Fidelio (concert performance; sung in German, with English narration by Edward Said) (120 mins)
- Waltraud Meier Leonore
- Simon O'Neill Florestan
- Gerd Grochowski Don Pizarro
- Sir John Tomlinson Rocco
- Adriana Kučerová Marzelline
- Stephen Rügamer Jacquino
- Viktor Rud Don Fernando
- BBC Singers
- Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Daniel Barenboim conductor
Like this Prom? Try these:
Radio 3 live
- Listen: Radio 3
- Hear every Prom live
Watch & Listen
- BBC Proms 2009
- All Proms broadcasts - available for 7 days
2009 Calendar
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | |||||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| August | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | |||||
| September | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
See also
On Radio 3
On TV and Radio
Online
bbc.co.uk navigation
Site links
BBC links
© 2012
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.
This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.