Prom 13: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, No (2016/2016), Diriģents Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

Beethoven helped change the European musical landscape but in his final symphony he imagined the most startling transformation of all: from a brutal, joyless world to one of uplifting and embracing brotherhood. He did it by writing his most vivid music yet and employing – to startling effect – a chorus, proclaiming Friedrich Schiller’s uplifting ‘Ode to Joy’. Vladimir Jurowski returns to the Proms, opening with a new work from one of the finest orchestral craftsmen of our time, Magnus Lindberg. The world premiere of a new work by Magnus Lindberg is the curtain raiser for this LPO Prom, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Miah Persson and Christopher Purves are among the soloists in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.