BBC Proms 2019 - Zosha Di Castri & Dvořák

Prom 1: First Night of the Proms , , Royal Albert Hall Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass launches the BBC Proms with thunderous spiritual drama. Karina Canellakis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in one of the 20th century’s great choral masterpieces. Programme Zosha Di Castri Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory (15 mins) BBC commission: world premiere Antonín Dvořák The Golden Spinning Wheel (28 mins) Performers BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Karina Canellakis conductor About This Event The BBC’s Our Classical Century series concludes with a new work that marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s mission to the Moon. Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass, steeped in Moravian rhythms, is heard alongside Dvořák’s fairy-tale tone-poem.