Proms Unmissable Moments Mix
Katie Derham presents highlights from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra, and so much more.
Music Played
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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: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Chorus. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers. -
Van McCoy
You're Gonna Make Me Love You - Prom 2
Singer: Frida Mariama Touray. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. -
Howard Shore
Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite (extract) - Prom 57
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Sarah Hicks. -
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') - Prom 71
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Chorus. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
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