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First Night of the Proms 2024

BBC Proms 2024

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Singers, Symphony Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Elim Chan, with Sophie Bevan singing Bruckner & Isata Kanneh‐Mason playing Clara Schumann.

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Elim Chan, with soloists Sophie Bevan & Isata Kanneh‐Mason

Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Handel arr. Mackerras: Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture
Bruckner: Psalm 150
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor

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INTERVAL: Petroc & Georgia are joined live in the Radio 3 box by comedian Alex Horne, creator of BAFTA award-winning TV series Taskmaster and bandleader of comedic band The Horne Section, alongside tonight’s star pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and composer Ben Nobuto whose brand new work Hallelujah Sim. receives its world premiere in just a few minutes time.

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Ben Nobuto: Hallelujah Sim. (BBC commission: world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Sophie Bevan, soprano
Isata Kanneh‐Mason, piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan, conductor

Beethoven railed against fate in his Symphony No. 5, capturing ideals of fortitude, defiance and bravery in an instant. In her First Night debut, conductor Elim Chan places Beethoven’s compelling score at the heart of a celebration that includes fireworks, jubilation and romance. The last comes with Clara Schumann’s tender and virtuosic Piano Concerto – performed by a pianist who has championed it tirelessly: Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest of the remarkable musical Kanneh-Mason siblings.

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Fri 19 Jul 2024 18:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music For The Royal Fireworks - Suite

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Psalm 150 In C Major

    Performer: Sophie Bevan. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus.

  • Clara Schumann

    Concerto In A Minor Op.7

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.

  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Bartok: Dance Suite etc: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Nimbus.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf, Op.37: Introduction

    Narrator: Dame Edna Everage. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Peter And The Wolf.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring (extract)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.

  • Ben Nobuto

    Hallelujah Sim.

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op.67

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68

    • Homages.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jul 2024 18:30
    BBC Radio 3

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