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Prom 74: Late Night with Rufus Wainwright

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny presents a Prom featuring Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright performing his own brand of 'baroque pop'.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Rufus Wainright live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms - the Canadian-American singer-songwriter performs his own brand of 'baroque pop'.

Songs to include:
Poses
Going to a Town
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
Over the Rainbow
Dinner at Eight
Me and Liza

Rufus Wainwright
Britten Sinfonia
Johannes Debus (conductor)

He has already taken over the Royal Opera House and staged his first opera; now charismatic singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright comes to the Proms. Joined by the instrumentalists of the Britten Sinfonia, the Canadian-American Grammy nominee performs a spectacular set, filling the Royal Albert Hall with his own brand of 'baroque pop' that references everything from opera to ragtime, Lieder to jazz. 'As a pop performer who loves opera and classical music, I've always heavily leant on my sensibilities from that world', he says. 'And at the end of the day, what makes my career interesting and viable is that I've never drawn too many borders between forms of music - I just make sure it's good.'.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Music Played

  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    April Fools (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Sometimes You Need (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Me and Liza (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    The Art Teacher (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Who Are You New York (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Friendship (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Tiergarten (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Quand J'Γ©tais Jeune Etudiante (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Performer: Deborah Voigt. Performer: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Les Feux d'artifice t'appellent (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Performer: Deborah Voigt. Performer: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Richard Rodgers

    If I Loved You (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Performer: Deborah Voigt. Performer: Rufus Wainwright. Performer: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Going to a Town (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    I Don't Know What It Is (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Rufus Wainwright & Britten Sinfonia

    Poses (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Joannes Debus.
  • Britten Sinfonia & Rufus Wainwright

    Oh What A World (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Conductor: Johannes Debus.
  • Harold Arlen

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2014)

    Lyricist: Yip Harburg. Performer: Rufus Wainwright. Performer: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Debus.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Sep 2014 22:15

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