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ѿý Proms Essential Classics Mix with Stuart Maconie

An hour of Essential Classics from this year’s ѿý Proms hand-picked by Stuart Maconie.

Stuart Maconie selects his personal highlights from the ѿý Proms including Vaughan Williams' "London Symphony", Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition", Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" and Hildur Guðnadóttir's music for the film "Tár".

Plus, highlights from the first three weeks of the Proms season, with recordings and live performances from some of the soloists and orchestras appearing at the festival this year. MM

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1 hour, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé: Lever du jour

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez Conducts Debussy & Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Siciliano, from Sonata in E flat major

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • ѿý Proms 2024.
  • Nick Drake

    River Man

    Singer: Marika Hackman. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
    • ѿý Proms 2024.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Gloriana - symphonic suite. Excerpt

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
    • ѿý Proms 2024.
  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • ѿý Proms 2024.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony : III. Scherzo (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2).
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • 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.
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Tár - Mortar

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • TÁR (MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no 3 in F major. Third movement

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
    • ѿý Proms 2024.
  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • Ravel & Gershwin Piano Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.
  • Leigh Harline

    When you wish upon a star (Pinocchio)

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • ѿý Proms 2024.