BBC Proms 2017 Prom 30, Walton - Belshazzar's Feast (320kbps .mp3)

Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the Bournemouth Symphony orchestra, conducted by Kirill Karabits.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Martin Handley

00. Introductory commentary 
01. Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C major
02. Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten - Symphonic Fantasy
02i. Introduction to Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten - Symphonic Fantasy
03. Prokofiev - Seven, They Are Seven
03i. Introduction to Walton and Prokofiev 
04. Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
05. Interval- Proms Extra, Belshazzar's Feast
Irving Finkel of the British Museum talks about the Babylonian history behind Belshazzar's Feast and the stories he has deciphered from cuneiform tablets. Hosted by New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari. Producer: Jacqueline Smith


David Butt Philip, tenor
James Rutherford, baritone
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, conductor

Gods, demons and mortals do battle in a concert full of musical legends and fairy tales. Prokofiev's revolution-inspired cantata Seven, They Are Seven is played for the first time at the Proms, alongside Walton's choral spectacular Belshazzar's Feast