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Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 ±«Óătv Proms, Sean Rafferty looks forward to the great music and artists coming to the Proms this summer.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty dives into the musical treats of the summer.

With just two and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Sean looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including Brahms's Violin Concerto, which stellar soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter will play with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim, Beethoven symphonies in chamber arrangements with Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, and Handel's great oratorio Messiah conducted by John Butt on the special Proms Choral Day.

But first, as the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Sean and special guests, including American soprano Angel Blue, who will be one of the stars at this year's Last Night of the Proms, as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall for the final countdown to the ±«Óătv Proms 2024.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 19 Jul 2024 16:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, Pt. 2: 45. Chorus "Hallelujah"

    Lyricist: Charles Jennens.
    • Handel: Messiah.
    • Linn Records.
    • 45.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: II. Allegro molto

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar: Symphonies No. 1 & No. 2.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 2.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Étude in E major, Op 10 No 3

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    Singer: Angel Blue. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights) [Live].
    • PENTATONE.
    • 102.

  • Ruperto ChapĂ­

    Las hijas de Zebedeo: Las carceleras

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Angel Blue.
    • Opus Arte.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.3 in D major Op.44 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • Alpha.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies, Wq 175 & 183/17.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Voglio di vita uscir

    Performer: Jakub Józef OrliƄski. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Erato.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand duo concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 48, J. 204: I. Allegro con fuoco

    • Here with You.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.53 in D major 'L'impériale' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • DG.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets

    Conductor: Elim Chan. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.
    • All These Lighted Things.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine - I. Modere

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear.
    • ORCHID.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no.2 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree. Music Arranger: Alan Arnold.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.
    • RCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No.1 in C, K.279 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir AndrĂĄs Schiff.
    • Decca.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jul 2024 16:00
    ±«Óătv Radio 3