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Sat 2 Aug 2025
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Marking 200 years since the birth of ‘Waltz King’ Johann Strauss II, Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the opulence and enchantment of Vienna’s Golden Age
Marking 200 years since the birth of ‘Waltz King’ Johann Strauss II, Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the opulence and enchantment of Vienna’s Golden Age
Programme
- Die Fledermaus – overture(8 mins)
- ‘Mein Herr Marquis’ (Laughing Song)(5 mins)
- Brennende Liebe – polka-mazurka(6 mins)
- Das Veilchen vom Montmartre – ‘Ich sing mein Lied im Regen und Schne’(7 mins)
- Wiener Café – waltz(6 mins)
- Straussiana(7 mins)
- interval
- The Land of Smiles – overture(8 mins)
- Der Vogelhändler – ‘Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol’(3 mins)
- Bal masqué(5 mins)
- Fröhliches Spiel(5 mins)
- Frühlingsstimmen – waltz(8 mins)
- By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz(6 mins)
Performers
- Erin Morleysoprano
- Anna-Maria Helsingconductor
Sun 3 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
With guest vocalists, a gospel choir and renowned Radio 2 presenter Trevor Nelson, the BBC Concert Orchestra and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser trace a path from spirituals through gospel to soul
With guest vocalists, a gospel choir and renowned Radio 2 presenter Trevor Nelson, the BBC Concert Orchestra and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser trace a path from spirituals through gospel to soul
Programme
- Soul Overture(1 mins)
- A Change Is Gonna Come(3 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
- Think(2 mins)Aretha Franklin/Ted White arr. Tom Richards
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)(4 mins)Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong arr. Kyle Gordon
- Super Fly(4 mins)arr. Scarlet Halton
- Hard Times(4 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
- Were you there?(5 mins)arr. Simon Cochard
- Abraham, Martin and John(4 mins)arr. Scarlet Halton
- Take my hand, previous Lord(4 mins)George N. Allen (attributed.), adapt. Thomas A. Dorsey, arr. Kyle Gordon
- Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You(3 mins)Jerry Akines/Johnnie Bellmon/Victor Drayton/Reginald Turner arr. Scarlet Halton
- Move On Up(3 mins)arr. Troy Miller
- Respect(3 mins)arr. Tom Richards
- interval
- War(4 mins)Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong arr. Kyle Gordon
- Living for the City(6 mins)arr. Jochen Neuffer
- Mississippi Goddam(6 mins)arr. Scarlet Halton
- How I Got Over(4 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
- Oh Happy Day(3 mins)adapt. Edwin Hawkins, arr. Kyle Gordon
- Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud(3 mins)James Brown/Pee Wee Ellis arr. Kyle Gordon
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black(7 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
- Higher Ground(4 mins)arr. Jochen Neuffer
- We shall not be moved(5 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
- What's Going On(4 mins)Al Cleveland/Renaldo Benson/Marvin Gaye arr. Troy Miller
Performers
- The LJ Singersensemble
- Trevor Nelsonpresenter
- Daniel Bartholomew-Poyserconductor
Thu 28 Aug 2025
- 19:30Watford Colosseum, Watford
A night packed with music for the curious listener. With presenter and saxophonist Jess Gillam, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and composer, Nico Muhly.
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2024-2025
Fri 29 Aug 2025
- 19:30Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Jess Gillam, one of the most recognisable and popular voices on BBC Radio 3, joins forces with the BBC Concert Orchestra to present This Classical Life.
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2024-2025
