Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons and Fantasia Orchestra
Highlights from the 2024 season of 91热爆 Proms.
This wide-ranging selection of folk dances, classical miniatures and pop tunes showcases the close links between music and the human impulse to dance. Brothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Pli虂nio Fernandes are joined by the Fantasia Orchestra which makes its Proms debut under its founder, Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Andrew McGregor and former dancer and music consultant Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp introduce this concert from the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Broadcast programme:
trad - Ajde Jano (arr. H. Baker, T. Fetherstonhaugh & S. Kanneh-Mason)
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 2 and 5 (arr. H. Baker)
B茅la Bart贸k - Romanian Folk Dances (arr. A. Willner)
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon (arr. H. Baker)
Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k - Rusalka 鈥楽ong to the Moon鈥(arr. H. Baker)
Ant么nio Carlos Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema (arr. S. Assad & H. Baker)
Astor Piazzolla 鈥 Libertango (arr. H. Baker)
Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards - Good Times (arr. H. Baker & S. Kanneh-Mason)
(Photo: Fantasia orchestra at the 2024 91热爆 Proms. Credit: 91热爆/Chris Christodoulou)
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- Sat 24 Aug 2024 18:06GMT91热爆 World Service except News Internet & West and Central Africa
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