BBC Proms 2012 Wagner, Bruckner Mac Millan

Prom 33: Wagner, Bruckner MacMillan 7. 30pm, Royal Albert Hall Bruckner (Sixth Symphony) and James MacMillan (Credo), associated with religious expression, are joined by Wagners hymn to love. Programme Richard Wagner Tristan and Isolde Prelude, Act 1 (9 mins) Sir James MacMillan Credo (25 mins) BBC cocommission 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, theres the emblematic love of Tristan and Isolde, expressed through music dark in sound and revolutionary in harmony. James MacMillans 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, MacMillans communic