Proms 2022 Prom 47: Aretha Franklin – Queen of Soul - BBC Proms

22 Aug 2022, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 22 Aug 2022 Next Event

Prom 47: Aretha Franklin – Queen of Soul

19:30 Mon 22 Aug 2022 Royal Albert Hall

Aretha Franklin was the undisputed Queen of Soul. Tonight, Jules Buckley conducts his all-new orchestra in a symphonic tribute, featuring singer-songwriter Sheléa in powerful new arrangements of Aretha Franklin’s very greatest hits.

Programme

- - John Wright
  - Precious Memories(3 mins)arr. Tim Davies
- - Until You Come Back to Me(4 mins)arr. Jochen Neuffer
- - Hoagy
  - Skylark(3 mins)arr. Damiano Pascarelli
- - Betty Nelson
  - Ahmet Ertegun
  - Don't Play That Song(4 mins)arr. Jochen Neuffer
- - Aretha Franklin
  - Ted White
  - Dr Feelgood(3 mins)arr. Tommy Laurence
  - Think(3 mins)arr. Tom Richards
- - Leonard Bernstein
  - Somewhere(6 mins)arr. Tommy Laurence
- - Don Covay
  - Chain of Fools(4 mins)arr. Rob Taggart
- - interval
- - Burt Bacharach
  - Hal David
  - Say A Little Prayer(4 mins)arr. Robin Smith
- - Curtis Mayfield
  - Sparkle(4 mins)arr. Tom Richards
- - Simon Climie
  - Dennis Morgan
  - I Knew You Were Waiting(4 mins)arr. Tom Walsh
- - Aretha Franklin
  - Rock Steady(3 mins)arr. Tom Richards
- - Phil Spector
  - Spanish Harlem(4 mins)co-composed by Jerry Lieber. arr. Jochen Neuffer
- - Aretha Franklin
  - Day Dreaming(6 mins)arr. Rob Taggart
- - John Newton
  - Amazing Grace(6 mins)arr. Rob Taggart
- - Carole King
  - Gerry Goffin
  - Natural Woman(3 mins)
- - Otis Redding
  - Respect(3 mins)arr. Tom Richards

Performers

Sheléa
singer
singer
Brendan Reilly
singer
singer
Vula's Chorale
Jules Buckley Orchestra
Jules Buckley
conductor
conductor

About This Event

In her 80th-anniversary year – and 50 years since the release of her album Young, Gifted and Black – the Proms pays tribute to the ‘Queen of Soul’, Aretha Franklin. A singer, songwriter, pianist and one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, whose song ‘Respect’ became an anthem of the American Civil Rights Movement, Franklin is remembered in a unique Prom featuring a collection of her greatest hits with a dynamic orchestral backing. Jules Buckley conducts his newly formed ensemble in its Proms debut, joined by American singer-songwriter and Quincy Jones protégée Sheléa.

There will be one interval

Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 26 August

Image: Sheléa