BBC Proms 2012 - Wagner, Bruckner & MacMillan

Prom 33: Wagner, Bruckner & MacMillan , , Royal Albert Hall Bruckner (Sixth Symphony) and James MacMillan (Credo), associated with religious expression, are joined by Wagner’s hymn to love. Programme Richard Wagner Tristan and Isolde - Prelude, Act 1 (9 mins) Sir James MacMillan Credo (25 mins) BBC co-commission world premiere Anton Bruckner Symphony No.6 in A major (55 mins) Performers Manchester Chamber Choir Proms debut Rushley Singers Proms debut Sinfonia Chorus Proms debut BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena conductor About this event Juanjo Mena presents a major world premiere before offering his acclaimed reading of a sonorous yet dangerously eruptive Bruckner symphony. First though, there’s the emblematic love of Tristan and Isolde, expressed through music dark in sound and revolutionary in harmony. James MacMillan’s works have enjoyed regular success at the Proms since the first performance of The Confession of Isobel Gowdie was given here in 1990. As with Bruckner, MacMillan’s communic