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蜜芽传媒 Proms Essential Classics Mix with Eric Whitacre

An hour of Essential Classics from this year鈥檚 蜜芽传媒 Proms hand-picked by composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.

Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, who has a premiere of his own at this year鈥檚 Proms, selects his personal highlights from the season including Songs and Dances from the Kanneh-Masons, the Proms Choral Day, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle playing Mahler, and Stravinsky鈥檚 Firebird Suite.

Plus more highlights from the opening weeks of the Proms season, with recordings and live performances from some of the soloists and orchestras appearing at the Royal Albert Hall this year, including violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, cellist Senja Rummukainen, the Swingles, pianists Yunchan Lim and Seong-Jin Cho, and the Sinfonia of London with conductor John Wilson. MM

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite (1910): Infernal Dance

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101`7

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Ayami Ikeba. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra.
    • 蜜芽传媒 Proms 2024.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah (Messiah)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Handel: Messiah: Dunedin Consort & Players.
    • Linn.

  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid : Street in a frontier town and Mexican dance

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • 蜜芽传媒 Proms 2024.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    12 脡tudes, Op. 10 - No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary".
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes ii Fetes

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • 蜜芽传媒 Proms 2024.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat Major, K. 281 - III. Rondo (Allegro)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Bucimis

    Ensemble: The Swingles.
    • 蜜芽传媒 Proms 2024.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Chaconne

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 26.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic": III. Scherzo. (Excerpt)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic".
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor - Finale (Extract)

    Performer: Senja Rummukainen. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • 蜜芽传媒 Proms 2024.