Prom 11: 1969 - The Sound of a Summer
Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, Stephen Bell, Vanessa Haynes, Tony Momrelle and the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble in a programme inspired by the year 1969.
Live at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra and conductor Stephen Bell, with singers Vanessa Haynes and Tony Momrelle, and the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Lemn Sissay.
Joni Mitchell Woodstock
Walton Battle of Britain Suite
Bacharach/David Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Fred Neil Everybodyβs Talkinβ At Me
John Barry Midnight Cowboy
John Barry Ski Chase from On Her Majestyβs Secret Service
Lennon/McCartney Get Back
George Harrison Something
George Harrison Here Comes The Sun
Interval: Proms Plus
Poets Jacob Polley and Rachael Allen read their poetry and respond to themes in the music of tonightβs concert. If the summer of 1969 was a time of hedonism and optimistic exploration of space does that echo down the decades? Hosted by New Generation Thinker and author Preti Taneja. Produced by Zahid Warley.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 (1st movt)
Legrand What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life
Quincy Jones On Days Like This
Will Gregory Journey to the Sky
Whitfield/Strong I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Bacharach/David I Say A Little Prayer
Singers Vanessa Haynes and Tony Momrelle
Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra
Conductor Stephen Bell
Woodstock, the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, the ongoing Vietnam War, The Beatlesβ final album (Abbey Road) β 1969 was a pivotal year.
This Prom explores the film and popular music of 1969 to revive the soundtrack of a special summer.
The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra under Stephen Bell presents a typically wide-angled view, taking in music inspired by the era-defining Woodstock festival, excerpts from the films Battle of Britain, The Italian Job, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Midnight Cowboy, and βHere Comes the Sunβ from The Beatlesβ final album Abbey Road.
As the USAβs victory in the space race inspired new music to match the emerging digital era, the Moog synthesizer broke into the mainstream with the album Switched-on Bach. A concert evoking the end of the Swinging Sixties, with a cross-generational appeal that offers both a sunburst of nostalgia and iconic revivals.
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Joni Mitchell
Woodstock
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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William Walton
Battle of Britain Suite
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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Burt Bacharach
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Fred Neil
Everybody's Talkin' At Me
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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John Barry
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ski Chase
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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Paul McCartney
Get Back
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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George Harrison
Something
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto - 1st mvt
Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Michel Legrand
What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Quincy Jones
On Days Like This
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Will Gregory
Journey to the Sky
Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Barrett Strong
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Performer: Tony Momrelle. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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Burt Bacharach
I Say A Little Prayer
Performer: Vanessa Haynes. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. -
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David Bowie
Space Oddity
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub HrΕ―Ε‘a.- Tchaikovsky/Bruch Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
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Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare, Op.8 no.6
Singer: Mariana Flores. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo GarcΓa AlarcΓ³n.- Ambronay.
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- Fri 26 Jul 2019 19:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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