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Prom 75 (part 1): Last Night of the Proms

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Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present the Last Night of the Proms. Marin Alsop conducts the 91Èȱ¬ SO in a work by Anna Clyne, plus Wagner, Bernstein, Britten, Massenet and Handel.

The Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall, with the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra and Nigel Kennedy

The Last Night begins with a celebratory new work by Anna Clyne and includes a rare performance of Britten's 1967 overture for chorus and orchestra, The Building of The House, a touch of Broadway magic and the sound of a glass ceiling being broken as Marin Alsop takes charge of her first Last Night. Nigel Kennedy and Joyce DiDonato are the star soloists in a programme that picks up sea-faring themes from Bantock and George Lloyd and includes a transatlantic flavour.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein

Anna Clyne: Masquerade (91Èȱ¬ commission: world premiere)
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - overture
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Britten: The Building of the House
Bernstein: Candide - 'Make Our Garden Grow'
Massenet: Chérubin - 'Je suis gris! je suis ivre!'
Handel: Xerxes - 'Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù'
Rossini: La donna del lago - 'Tanti affetti in tal momento!'

9:00pm Interval

9:20pm
Bernstein: Candide - overture
Verdi: Nabucco - 'Va, pensiero' (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Arlen: Over the Rainbow
Monti: Csárdás
Trad. arr. Chris Hazell: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Rodgers: Carousel - 'You'll never walk alone'
Bantock: The Sea Reivers
Lloyd: HMS Trinidad March
Arne: Rule, Britannia!
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory')
Parry orch. Elgar: Jerusalem
Britten: National Anthem

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Chorus
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Sep 2013 19:30

Music Played

  • Anna Clyne

    Masquerade

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Overture "The Building of the House"

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Jules Massenet

    Cherubin - "Je suis gris! Je suis ivre!"

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La donna del lago - "Tanti affetti in tal momento!"

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Mastersingers of Nuremberg –overture

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Sep 2013 19:30

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