BBC Proms 2012 - 23. A Fantasia of English Music

Prom 23: Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Delius & Walton

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (16 mins)
Ireland - These Things Shall Be (22 mins)
Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (10 mins)
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast (36 mins)

Jonathan Lemalu baritone, bass-baritone
London Brass
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka conductor

Tadaaki Otaka, a notable enthusiast of British music, opens with Vaughan Williams's much loved classic before revisiting a BBC commission that has fallen into neglect in the half-century since its composer's death: Ireland's These Things Shall Be is a mini-oratorio with a utopian text.

The massed choirs and the commanding bass baritone of former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Jonathan Lemalu return after the interval to animate Walton's brazen Old Testament tale, but first we hear from another anniversary composer, here at his most poignant.

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