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From Dark Till Dawn

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: organist Anna Lapwood is joined by the Pembroke College Chapel Choir as well as Barokksolistene and director Bjarte Eike, with music from late until dawn.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: organist Anna Lapwood is joined by the Pembroke College Chapel Choir, as well as Barokksolistene and director Bjarte Eike with Mamelukk dance company, cellist Anastasia Kobekina, pianist Hayato Sumino and kora player Seckou Keita with percussionist Mohamed Gueye, plus 12 Ensemble and singer-songwriter Sleeping At Last, in a musical journey that extends from the nocturnal hours to beyond the dawn chorus.

Presented by Hannah Peel and Tom McKinney live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Approximate timings:

00:00 to 36:00: Anna Lapwood (organ)
Eugene Gigout: Toccata
Olivia Belli: Lumina Luminis
Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer, arr. Lapwood: Pirates of the Caribbean - Suite

36:00 to 1:21:00: Barokksolistene/Bjarte Eike and Mamelukk, set 1
Purcell: The Old Bachelor Hornpipe
Trad/Ravenscroft, arr. Eike: The Three Ravens
The Virgin Queen Set - John Playford/Trad. England, arr. Eike/Barokksolistene: The Dancing Master; The Virgin Queen; Stingo; Bobbing Joe; Sea shanty: Pass around the grog; Trad. Shetlands, arr. Chris Stout: Da skeklers
Trad. Denmark, arr. B. Eike: Three Wedding Tunes from Fanø
Dance Collection from Uhrovec, arr. Miloš Valent: Slovak Dance No. 328
Trad. Shetlands, arr. Eike: Old Norse
Trad. Norway: Hopp så halta
Trad. Canada, arr. Eike/Barokksolistene: La traversée

1:37:00 to 2:15:00: Barokksolistene/Bjarte Eike and Mamelukk, set 2
Rory Dall O'Cahan, arr. Eike/Barokksolistene: Tabhair dom do lámh (Give me your hand),
Trad. Scotland, arr. Barokksolistene: Wild Mountain Thyme (Will ye go, lassie?)
The Newcastle Set - John Playford, arr. Eike: The Dancing Master; Beggar Boy; Scots Rant; Scotch Cap; All in a garden green; Newcastle
Trad. England sea shanty, arr. Barokksolistene/Thomas Guthrie: Haul away!
The Spanish Set - John Playford, arr. Eike: The Dancing Master; Wallom Green
Trad. Scotland: The Parting Glass

2:15:00 to 3:03:00: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge/Anna Lapwood
Kerry Andrew: All things are quite silent
Anna Lapwood: Arise, shine
Lucy Walker: O nata lux
Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Eleanor Daley: Grandmother Moon
Eric Whitacre: Sleep
Ivo Antognini: Come to me
Eric Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Bob Dylan, arr. Lapwood: Make You Feel My Love

3:28:00 to 4:12:00: Hayato Sumino (piano)
Chopin: Waltz in E flat major, Op 18 (Grande valse brillante); Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53 (Heroic)
Hayato Sumino: Nocturne II: After Dawn
Saint-Saëns, arr. Liszt/Sumino: Danse macabre
Ravel, arr. Sumino: Boléro
Radiohead: Everything in Its Right Place; Like Spinning Plates (with Anastasia Kobekina)

4:30:00 to 5:12:00: Anastasia Kobekina (cello)
Hildegard of Bingen: O frondens virga
J S Bach: Suite No 1 in G major for solo cello, BWV 1007 – Prelude; Menuets I & II
Jonny Greenwood: Postcard
Bach: Suite No 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV 1008 – Courante
Edmund Finnis: Prelude II
Bach: Suite No 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV 1008 – Sarabande
Vladimir Kobekin: Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools)
Peteris Vasks: Gramata cellam (The Book) – Pianissimo
Benjamin Britten: Suite No 3 for solo cello, Op. 87 – Barcarolla
Bryce Dessner: Song for Ainola
Bach: Suite No 3 in C major for solo cello, BWV 1009 – Prelude
Boccherini, arr. Giovanni Sollima: Fandango

5:37:00 to 7:17:00: 12 Ensemble
Edmund Finnis: Hymn (after Byrd)
Isabella Gellis: Many Fruited Dog Tooth
Oliver Leith: Full like drips, from Honey Siren
Oliver Coates: One Without, from Aftersun
Messiaen: L’Ascension: No 4, Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (Prayer of Christ Ascending Towards His Father)

6:34:00 to 7:11:00: Seckou Keita (kora and voice) with Mohamed Gueye (percussion)
Keita: Distance; Tamala/If Only I Knew; Bimo
Keita, arr. David Mantovani: Bamba, the Light of Touba (with 12 Ensemble)
Keita: Future Strings

7:11:00 to 7:55:00: Sleeping at Last
Sleeping at Last: Turning Page; You Are Enough (with 12 Ensemble); Touch; Sight (with Pembroke College Chapel Choir and Anna Lapwood (organ)); North (with Pembroke College Chapel Choir); Nine (with Pembroke College Chapel Choir); Saturn (with Pembroke College Chapel Choir, Anna Lapwood (organ) and 12 Ensemble)

Experience the Royal Albert Hall at its most magical, with an intimate after-hours Prom amid the night stars and beneath the Hall’s grand dome. Celebrated organist and TikTok star Anna Lapwood is guest curator and brings choral classics with her choir from Pembroke College. Among the other boundary-crossing artists are dynamic Norwegian ensemble Barokksolistene and director Bjarte Eike, who create a tavern-like mood with traditional British and Scandinavian songs as part of their Nordic Alehouse Session; Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina with a set of solo Bach; and Chopin Competition semi-finalist – and YouTube sensation – Hayato Sumino in his Proms debut. A unique musical journey extending from the nocturnal hours to beyond the dawn chorus.

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7 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Aug 2025 23:00

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  • Fri 8 Aug 2025 23:00

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