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Proms Unmissable Moments Mix

Katie Derham presents highlights from the 91Èȱ¬ Proms 2023, from Rachmaninov to Rufus Wainwright, Bollywood to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Over eight weeks every summer, the Royal Albert Hall and venues around the country play host to the world’s largest classical music festival – the 91Èȱ¬ Proms. And what a summer of glorious music-making it’s been this year!

Katie Derham presents this mix of unmissable Proms moments as broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3, featuring everything from iconic pieces by Vivaldi, Elgar, and Rachmaninov, to the music of Bollywood, Northern Soul, and The Lord of the Rings. There are extraordinary performances by artists including Yuja Wang, Pekka Kuusisto and Chineke! Orchestra, a unique collaboration between Rufus Wainwright and the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra, and so much more.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No 2 in G minor, "Summer" (3rd mvt) - Prom 4

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia Op 26 - Prom 1

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Chorus. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers.
  • Van McCoy

    You're Gonna Make Me Love You - Prom 2

    Singer: Frida Mariama Touray. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Music Arranger: Fiona Brice. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: Variation 18 - Prom 27

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra Op 30: Sunrise - Prom 36

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Rusman and Ludmilla: Overture - Prom 38

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt) - Prom 61

    Performer: Aaron Azunda Akugbo. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
  • Palak Muchhal

    Yaara Seeli Seeli - Prom 18

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
  • Carlos Simon

    Four American Dances (1st mvt) - Prom 55

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47 (2nd mvt) - Prom 16

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow - Prom 34

    Composer: Christopher Moore. Performer: Matthew Denton. Choir: VOCES8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor (2nd mvt) - Prom 6

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
  • Howard Shore

    Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite (extract) - Prom 57

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush - Prom 15

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
  • Florence Price

    Because - Proms at Sage Gateshead

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    I Don't Know What It Is - Prom 66

    Singer: Rufus Wainwright. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Sarah Hicks.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') - Prom 71

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Chorus. Choir: 91Èȱ¬ Singers. Conductor: Marin Alsop.

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