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BBC Proms: 2013 Season: Prom 24

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 24: Part 1: Prom 24 (part 1): British Light Music

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Prom 24

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 24 (part 1): British Light Music

2013

Prom 24 (part 1): British Light Music

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BBC Concert Orchestra in music by Bantock, Elgar and Arnold.

BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth. Bantock: Pierrot of the Minute. Elgar: Nursery Suite. Arnold: Concerto for two pianos (3 hands) (With Noriko Ogawa, Kathryn Stott).

A celebration of British music with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Barry Wordsworth, including pieces written by Walton and Coates used to celebrate the coronation of the Queen 60 years ago.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny and Ken Bruce



Bantock: Pierrot of the Minute
Elgar: Nursery Suite
Arnold: Concerto for two pianos (three hands)

7.50pm Interval (including Proms Plus Intro

8.15pm
Walton: Crown Imperial
Coates: The Three Elizabeths
Arnold: Four English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27
Langford: Medley 'Say it with Music'

Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Kathryn Stott (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

The BBC Concert Orchestra and their Conductor Laureate Barry Wordsworth demonstrate their versatility in a mixed programme celebrating British music of different styles, including pieces written by Walton and Coates used to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago, and Elgar's Nursery Suite, dedicated in 1931 to the Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth and their mother Elizabeth. The orchestra are joined by pianists Noriko Ogawa and Kathryn Stott in Malcolm Arnold's unashamedly attractive concerto and the programme ends with a celebration of old BBC radio signature tunes woven together in a medley by master arranger Gordon Langford.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Thursday 1st August at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2013

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 24

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 119th season of the BBC Proms.

A celebration of British music with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Barry Wordsworth.

Petroc Trelawney presents a celebration of British music with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Barry Wordsworth, including pieces used to celebrate the coronation of the Queen 60 years ago.

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