BBC Proms: Elder Conducts ‘A Mass of Life’
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]‘No other English composer offers more beauty in sound,’ Thomas Beecham said of Delius. There’s no more extravagant, impassioned or overwhelming a canvas for that beauty than A Mass of Life.
Taking Nietzsche’s rapturous prose-poem Also sprach Zarathustra as a starting point, Delius imagined a secular Mass – a cantata for orchestra, chorus and soloists celebrating the transcendent power and triumph of the human spirit in the face of death.
Sir Mark Elder conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with soloists including baritone Roderick Williams and tenor David Butt Philip.
Programme
Delius A Mass of Life 100’
(sung in German, with English surtitles)
- Jennifer Davis - soprano
- Claudia Huckle - mezzo-soprano
- David Butt Philip - tenor
- Roderick Williams - baritone
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- London Philharmonic Choir
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Mark Elder - conductor
There will be one interval
More Information
Admission: To be confirmed
Performer name: London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Other key names: BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Mark Elder - conductor
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's, U14's to be accompanied by adult
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BBC Proms: Elder Conducts ‘A Mass of Life’
Monday, 18 Aug 2025 @7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2APMore Information
‘No other English composer offers more beauty in sound,’ Thomas Beecham said of Delius. There’s no more extravagant, impassioned or overwhelming a canvas for that beauty than A Mass of Life.
Taking Nietzsche’s rapturous prose-poem Also sprach Zarathustra as a starting point, Delius imagined a secular Mass – a cantata for orchestra, chorus and soloists celebrating the transcendent power and triumph of the human spirit in the face of death.
Sir Mark Elder conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with soloists including baritone Roderick Williams and tenor David Butt Philip.
Programme
Delius A Mass of Life 100’
(sung in German, with English surtitles)
- Jennifer Davis - soprano
- Claudia Huckle - mezzo-soprano
- David Butt Philip - tenor
- Roderick Williams - baritone
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- London Philharmonic Choir
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Mark Elder - conductor
There will be one interval
Admission: To be confirmed
Performer name: London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Other key names: BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Mark Elder - conductor
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's, U14's to be accompanied by adult
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