Prom 8: Pet Shop Boys
22:15 Wed 23 Jul 2014 Royal Albert Hall
The Pet Shop Boys are joined by the BBC Singers & BBC CO as they make their Proms debut
The Pet Shop Boys are joined by the BBC Singers & BBC CO as they make their Proms debut
Programme
- Overture to 'Performance' (arr. R. Niles)
- Four Songs in A minor (orch. A. Badalamenti)
- A Man from the Future (orch. S. Helbig)world premiere
Performers
- Chrissie Hyndevocalist
- Juliet Stevensonnarrator
- Dominic Wheelerconductor
Prom 8: Pet Shop Boys
Better known as the electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe make their Proms debut here as composers. The world premiere of their large-scale work A Man from the Future, inspired by code-breaker Alan Turing, sits alongside new orchestral arrangements of favourite Pet Shop Boys songs.
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