BBC Proms 2019: Karina Canellakis conducts Dvořák and Janácek

Synopsis

Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass, steeped in Moravian rhythms, is heard alongside Dvořák’s fairy-tale tone-poem The Golden Spinning Wheel and and a World Premiere by Zosha Di Castri, a new work that marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s mission to the Moon. Karina Canellakis conducts the massed forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, BBC Singers and soloists in one of the 20th century’s great choral masterpieces. “The performance of the season” (The Times) PROGRAM Zosha Di Castri: Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory; Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel; Janacek: Glagolitic Mass

Additional Info

• No: A025504590000
• Composer: Zosha Di Castri, Antonín Dvořák, Leos Janáček
• Conductor: Karina Canellakis
• Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers
• Artists: Asmik Grigorian, Jennifer Johnston, Ladislav Elgr, Jan Martiník
• Production year: 2019
• Run time: 01:32:00
• Producers: BBC and UNITEL
• Format: HDTV 16:9