Prom 11: 1969 - The Sound of a Summer
Live at the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms. The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra, Stephen Bell, Vanessa Haynes, Tony Momrelle and the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble in a programme inspired by the year 1969.
Live at Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra and conductor Stephen Bell, with singers Vanessa Haynes and Tony Momrelle, and the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Lemn Sissay.
Joni Mitchell Woodstock
Walton Battle of Britain Suite
Bacharach/David Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Fred Neil Everybody’s Talkin’ At Me
John Barry Midnight Cowboy
John Barry Ski Chase from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Lennon/McCartney Get Back
George Harrison Something
George Harrison Here Comes The Sun
Interval: Proms Plus
Poets Jacob Polley and Rachael Allen read their poetry and respond to themes in the music of tonight’s concert. If the summer of 1969 was a time of hedonism and optimistic exploration of space does that echo down the decades? Hosted by New Generation Thinker and author Preti Taneja. Produced by Zahid Warley.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 (1st movt)
Legrand What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life
Quincy Jones On Days Like This
Will Gregory Journey to the Sky
Whitfield/Strong I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Bacharach/David I Say A Little Prayer
Singers Vanessa Haynes and Tony Momrelle
Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra
Conductor Stephen Bell
Woodstock, the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, the ongoing Vietnam War, The Beatles’ final album (Abbey Road) – 1969 was a pivotal year.
This Prom explores the film and popular music of 1969 to revive the soundtrack of a special summer.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra under Stephen Bell presents a typically wide-angled view, taking in music inspired by the era-defining Woodstock festival, excerpts from the films Battle of Britain, The Italian Job, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Midnight Cowboy, and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ from The Beatles’ final album Abbey Road.
As the USA’s victory in the space race inspired new music to match the emerging digital era, the Moog synthesizer broke into the mainstream with the album Switched-on Bach. A concert evoking the end of the Swinging Sixties, with a cross-generational appeal that offers both a sunburst of nostalgia and iconic revivals.
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Joni Mitchell
Woodstock
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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William Walton
Battle of Britain Suite
Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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Burt Bacharach
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Fred Neil
Everybody's Talkin' At Me
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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John Barry
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ski Chase
Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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Paul McCartney
Get Back
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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George Harrison
Something
Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto - 1st mvt
Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Michel Legrand
What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Quincy Jones
On Days Like This
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Will Gregory
Journey to the Sky
Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Barrett Strong
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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Burt Bacharach
I Say A Little Prayer
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. -
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David Bowie
Space Oddity
Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.- Tchaikovsky/Bruch Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
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Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare, Op.8 no.6
Singer: Mariana Flores. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo GarcÃa Alarcón.- Ambronay.
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- Fri 26 Jul 2019 19:30Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 3
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