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Grammy-winning singer Angélique Kidjo on her ѿý Prom

Petroc Trelawny talks to Grammy-winning singer Angélique Kidjo ahead of her ѿý prom.

There's also live music from award-winning Jazz trumpeter Olivia Cuttill and her quintet.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • BIS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Autumn (Tit for Tat)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Author: Walter de la Mare. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Benjamin Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Gerald Finley and Julius.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Archibald Joyce

    Songe d'Automne [Autumn Dream]

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Joyce: Orchestral Works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 3.
  • Joe Stilgoe

    Joe Stilgoes to the Proms

    Performer: Joe Stilgoe.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Othello, Op. 79 - V. Military March

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Olivia Cuttill

    Busy

    Lyricist: Olivia Cuttill. Ensemble: Olivia Cuttill Quintet.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 'Classical' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Olivia Cuttill

    Moanin'

    Performer: Olivia Cuttill Quintet. Lyricist: Olivia Cuttill.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro

    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 16.
  • Marc‐André Hamelin

    Etude no.10 [d'apres Chopin]

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Olivia Cuttill

    There's A House Down By the Station

    Performer: Olivia Cuttill Quintet. Lyricist: Olivia Cuttill.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • Angélique Kidjo & Karl Berger

    Afirika

    • Black Ivory Soul.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.
  • Miriam Makeba

    Click Song Number One

    • Pata Pata.
    • Strut.
    • 17.
  • Angélique Kidjo

    Petite Fleur

    • OYO (Deluxe Edition).
    • Razor & Tie.
    • 9.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux modèles Suite & Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion: O Sacred Head Surrounded

    Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: Thames Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

    Performer: Jon Kimura Parker.
    • Chopin: Piano Works.
    • Telarc.
    • 10.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Indian Queen (Overture)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The Purcell Experience.
    • Warner.
    • 6.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • New Year's Concert 2025.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Sep 2025 17:00

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