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Pappano Conducts Berlioz’s ‘Requiem’

BBC Proms 2026

Live at the BBC Proms: the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano in Berlioz's Grande messe des morts.

Live at the BBC Proms: the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano in Berlioz's Grande messe des morts.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Julien Henric (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in one of the repertoire’s most monumental musical statements. Premiered in 1837 with 450 performers, Berlioz’s Requiem is a colossal, cinematic statement of faith, fear and hope – a sonic portrait of ‘mankind gathered together on the last day’. Demanding 10 timpanists and with four separate brass groups, it sends the shockwaves of the Day of Judgement right through listeners, insisting on the majesty, the fragility and the terrifying spectacle of death and resurrection.

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Sat 15 Aug 2026 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Grande Messe Des Morts Op.5

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: London Symphony Chorus.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 335 (Arr. for Clarinet and Theobo)

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Music Arranger: Martin Fröst.
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    • Sony Classical.
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Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Aug 2026 19:30
    BBC Radio 3