Prom 54
Wednesday 24 August 2005 22:00-23:05 (Radio 3)
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Polish composer Henryck Górecki's mesmerising symphony of songs comes to the Proms for the first time. Its three movements each paint a picture of a mother's sorrow over a lost child, the Virgin Mary's lamentation at the foot of the cross, 18-year old World War II prisoner Helena Wanda Blazusiakówna's secret cell wall writings, and a peasant mother's mourning over the loss of her soldier son in World War I.
Presented by Warwick Thompson.
Duration:
1 hour 5 minutes
Playlist:
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Susan Bullock (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
David Atherton (conductor)
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