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Last Night of the Proms 1910 - Part 1

Paul Daniel conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ CO in a recreation of the mammoth Last Night of the Proms from 1910. With music by Wagner, Beethoven, Paganini, Mussorgsky, Bizet, Dvorak and Wagner.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

In the first of two concerts paying tribute to Proms founder conductor Sir Henry Wood, Paul Daniel joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra in a recreation of the mammoth Last Night of the Proms from 1910.

The original programme has been supplemented by a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission, continuing Wood's commitment to new works. David Matthews' Dark Pastoral is based on a small fragment of a Cello Concerto by Vaughan Williams.

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman - overture
Beethoven: Rondino for wind octet
Paganini, arr. Pitt: Moto perpetuo
Musorgsky, orch. Henry Wood: The Peep-Show
Bizet: 'L'Arlésienne - Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (excerpts)
David Matthews/Vaughan Williams: Dark Pastoral (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere)
Dvorák: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94
Beethoven: Overture 'Leonora' No. 3, Op. 72
Thomas: Mignon - 'Connais-tu le pays?'
Dvorák, orch. Henry Wood: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
Wagner: Kaisermarsch

Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor).

2 hours, 15 minutes

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Sun 5 Sep 2010 14:30

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