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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.

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

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BBC Proms: 2017

Clare Teal

Guy Barker

Winston Rollins

Vanessa Haynes

Mads Mathias

Georgina Jackson

Rob Green

Cherise Adams-Burnett

Ben Cipolla

Pee Wee Ellis

Hiromi undefined

Accent Quartet

Winston Rollins Big Band

Guy Barker Big Band

Francesca Kemp

Stephanie McWhinnie

Bridget Caldwell

BBC Proms: 2017: Big Band Swing with Clare Teal

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Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz

Big Band Swing with Clare Teal

01/09/2017

2017

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2017, Big Band Swing with Clare Teal

The music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and more.

Travel back to the 1930s and 40s and celebrate the music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton and more, plus a tribute to Mary Lou Williams.

Singer and broadcaster Clare Teal heads the charge in this big band spectacular. Travel back in time with this rip-roaring Prom to the 1930s and 1940s and celebrate the irrepressible music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton and more, plus a special tribute to the unassuming giant of the big band world, Mary Lou Williams. 

Band leaders Guy Barker and Winston Rollins take to the stage alongside their eponymous big bands with help from a myriad of guest artists.

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Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 2017 BBC Proms season.

Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 123rd season of the BBC Proms.

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