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Thu 29 Aug 2019

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Kate Kennedy and Jordan Kistler introduce Elgar’s The Music Makers.

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• 19:00

  Prom 53: Elgar's The Music Makers

  Royal Albert Hall

  Elgar’s great choral work, The Music Makers, is the musical culmination of a career, drawing together quotations from many of the composer’s best-loved pieces. Vaughan Williams’s luminous ‘Tallis’ Fantasia and Hugh Wood’s Comus complete the programme.

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  Elgar’s great choral work, The Music Makers, is the musical culmination of a career, drawing together quotations from many of the composer’s best-loved pieces. Vaughan Williams’s luminous ‘Tallis’ Fantasia and Hugh Wood’s Comus complete the programme.

  Programme

  • • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis(16 mins)
    • • Hugh Wood
      • Scenes from Comus(28 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Edward Elgar
      • The Music Makers(38 mins)

  Performers

  • Stacey Tappan

    soprano
    soprano
  • Dame Sarah Connolly

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Anthony Gregory

    tenor
    tenor
  • 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Chorus
  • 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Andrew Davis

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Hugh Wood
  • Edward Elgar

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• 22:15

  Prom 54: Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music

  Royal Albert Hall

  Jazz, showbiz and spirituality come together in Duke Ellington’s spectacular Sacred Concerts, which spawned three acclaimed, boundary-crossing albums. Drawing on all three, the Proms presents an exhilarating evening of dance, song and spectacle.

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  Jazz, showbiz and spirituality come together in Duke Ellington’s spectacular Sacred Concerts, which spawned three acclaimed, boundary-crossing albums. Drawing on all three, the Proms presents an exhilarating evening of dance, song and spectacle.

  Programme

  • • • Duke Ellington
      • In The Beginning God(10 mins)
      • Something 'Bout Believing(9 mins)
      • The Lord's Prayer(3 mins)
      • Praise God and Dance(6 mins)
      • My Love(7 mins)
    • • Ain't but the One(3 mins)
    • • Duke Ellington
      • Father Forgive(4 mins)
      • Freedom(11 mins)
      • Heritage (AKA My Mother, My Father, and Love)(3 mins)
      • Tell Me It's The Truth(3 mins)
      • Heaven(5 mins)
      • Come Sunday(4 mins)
      • David Danced(7 mins)

  Performers

  • Monty Alexander

    piano
    piano
  • Annette Walker

    tap dancer
    tap dancer
  • 91Èȱ¬ Singers
  • Carleen Anderson and the UK Vocal Assembly
  • Nu Civilisation Orchestra
  • Peter Edwards

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Duke Ellington

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