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3 Aug 2025, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2025 Soul Revolution

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Soul Revolution
19:30 Sun 3 Aug 2025 Royal 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

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    About This Event

    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, revealing the role of these genres in supporting the Civil Rights movement. Inspirational tracks made famous by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin rub shoulders with hidden gems in a celebration of music that gave a voice to disenfranchised people, fostered a sense of community – and jumped with an infectious groove.

    There will be one interval

    Broadcast on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer this season

    Part of

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