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Thursday - Loops, Spells and the New World

Ian Skelly with music for the afternoon, including another chance to hear the Folk Connections Prom from Sage Gateshead with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Spell Songs.

Ian Skelly with music for the afternoon including another chance to hear the Folk Connections Prom from Sage Gateshead with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Spell Songs and the Voices of River's Edge. Also in the programme the choice of Ian's Prom artist guest.

Charles Ives: America
Simon Preston (organ)

William Grant Still: Kaintuck'
Richard Fields, piano
Cincinnati Philharmonic Orchestra
Jindong Cai, conductor

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ PROM - Folk Connections from Sage Gateshead

John Adams Shaker Loops

Judith Weir Indelible Miraculous, a poem by Julia Darling (world premiere)

Spell Songs Thrift (Dig In, Dig In)

Spell Songs Acorn

Spell Songs Little Astronaut

Spell Songs Moth

Traditional Water of Tyne

INTERVAL

Prom artist choice from Dinis Sousa

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ PROM pt2

Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’

Voices of the River’s Edge

Karine Polwart, Rachel Newton and Jim Molyneux from Spell Songs

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Dinis Sousa, conductor

Plus a selection of listener choices of music inspired by the idea of folksong, including music by Florence Price, Kate Rusby, Benjamin Britten, Percy Grainger and Ralph Vaughan Williams .

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 28 Jul 2022 14:00

Music Played

  • Charles Ives

    Variations on 'America'

    • Variations On 'America'.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • William Grant Still

    Kaintuck' - poem for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Richard Fields. Orchestra: Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Jindong Cai.
    • Still: Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American'.
    • Centaur.
    • 6.
  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.
  • Judith Weir

    Indelible, Miraculous

    Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge.
  • Spell Songs

    Thrift

    Ensemble: Spell Songs. Ensemble: Spell Songs. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. Conductor: Dinis Sousa. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.
  • Spell Songs

    Acorn

    Ensemble: Spell Songs. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. Conductor: Dinis Sousa. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
  • Spell Songs

    Little Astronaut

    Ensemble: Spell Songs. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.
  • Spell Songs

    Moth

    Ensemble: Spell Songs. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.
  • Trad.

    The Water Of Tyne

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa. Choir: Voices of the River’s Edge.
  • Charles Ives

    The Unanswered Question (2 Contemplations)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Folksong Arrangements, Vol 3. i. The Plough Boy

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Performer: Jamie MacDougall.
    • Hyperion.
  • William Shield

    Trio no. 2 in F major for strings: 3rd mvt Scherzo - Giuco: Alla Sclavonia

    Ensemble: Trio Szabadi.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op.95 (From the New World)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.
  • Florence Price

    Five Folksongs in Counterpoint (No 1, Calvary. Adagio vigoroso)

    Performer: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.
  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in counterpoint: no 4, Shortnin' Bread. Allegro

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.
  • Florence Price

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Performer: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Kate Rusby

    Underneath The Stars

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Percy Grainger

    A Lincolnshire Posy (4th mvt "The Brisk Young Sailor")

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • In A Nutshell.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Benjamin Britten

    8 Folk Song Arrangements: Bonny at Morn

    Performer: Charles Bonnell. Singer: Philip Langridge.
    • Britten: Folk Song Arrangements (English Song, Vol. 10).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Jul 2022 14:00