Prom 67: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis by Beethoven, So. 04 Sept. 2011, Ab (2011/2011), Dirigat Colin Davis, Royal Albert Hall, London, Vereinigtes Königreich

About this event Sir Colin Davis tackles a work whose uncompromising nature makes it as great a challenge as anything in the choral repertoire, whether you regard it as a statement of the composer's belief in the spiritual potential of man or his faith in a supreme being. 'A musician must make affirmations,' says Davis. 'If a musician cannot believe in music as a universal ideal, what is he left with? We may be encircled by gloom but music gives us a chance to throw what Meredith calls "that faint thin line upon the shore". ... Beethoven is a man at war with himself but a man who is determined to win.' There will be no interval