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BBC Proms 99: Blue Peter Family Prom

on BBC Radio 3

Following the sell-out success of last year's Blue Peter Prom, children's television's
Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas present a fun selection of shorter pieces for all the family. The theme of the concert, co-presented and conducted with wit by Yan Pascal Tortelier , is time in music. Islington Music Centre Children's Choir, BBC Philharmonic
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra (excerpt) attrib Henry VIII Pastime with Good Company; Whereto Shall I Express? Haydn Symphony No 101 in D (Clock) (2nd mvt)
Khachaturian Waltz (Masquerade) John Williams Star Wars March
Hoist Mars (The Planets)
3.50 Quentin Blake: the New Children's Laureate
Francine Stock talks to the first children's Laureate about his partnership with Roald Dahl, his illustrations of classics from The Hunchback of Notre Dame to A Christmas Carol, and the characters he has created for children such as Daisy Artichoke and Mr Magnolia.
4.10 Cage 4'33"
Stravinsky Danse Sacrale (Rite of Spring)
Connor Time Dance (Techno mvt) Prokofiev Midnight (Cinderella)
Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony) (3rd mvt)

Contributors

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Konnie Huq
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Simon Thomas
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Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Quentin Blake
Talks:
Francine Stock
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Roald Dahl
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Mr Magnolia.
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Stravinsky Danse Sacrale

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