Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons and Fantasia Orchestra

This wide-ranging selection of folk dances, classical miniatures and pop tunes showcases the close links between music and the human impulse to dance. Brothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes are joined by the Fantasia Orchestra which makes its Proms debut under its founder, Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Andrew McGregor and former dancer and music consultant Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp introduce this concert from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Broadcast programme:
trad - Ajde Jano (arr. H. Baker, T. Fetherstonhaugh & S. Kanneh-Mason)
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 2 and 5 (arr. H. Baker)
Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances (arr. A. Willner)
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon (arr. H. Baker)
Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka ‘Song to the Moon’(arr. H. Baker)
Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema (arr. S. Assad & H. Baker)
Astor Piazzolla – Libertango (arr. H. Baker)
Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards - Good Times (arr. H. Baker & S. Kanneh-Mason)

(Photo: Fantasia orchestra at the 2024 BBC Proms. Credit: BBC/Chris Christodoulou)