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6. Sean Rafferty

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty looks forward to the sounds of the summer at the 鶹Լ Proms 2023.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty dives into the musical treats of the summer.

With two hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, the Proms Countdown reaches the final week when the mighty festival culminates with the biggest classical music party in the world: starring cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, soprano Lise Davidsen, conductor Marin Alsop and the 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

But first, as the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Sean and his special guests as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall for the final countdown to the 鶹Լ Proms 2023.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 14 Jul 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Schauspieldirektor K.486 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Libertà! Mozart & the opera.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 201.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major 

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • HYPERION.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony no. 3 in C minor Op.78 (Organ symphony): 3rd mvt; Finale

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
  • Richard Wagner

    Dich, teure Halle (Tannhäuser)

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Decca.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square (3 Dance Episodes from On the Town)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 603.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert, The Late Piano sonatas D.784,958, 959 960.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.
  • Henry Wood

    Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe from Fantasia on British Sea Songs)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • HMV Classics.
  • Iain Farrington

    A Party with Auntie

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Decca.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Onyx.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo Notte (Ariodante)

    Performer: The English Concert. Singer: Alice Coote. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Hyperion.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Jul 2023 17:00