Performances of Nina Simone at BBC Proms

Sun 3 Aug 2025

• 19:30

  Soul Revolution

  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

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  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

  • • • Kyle Gordon
      • Soul Overture(1 mins)
    • • Sam Cooke
      • A Change Is Gonna Come(3 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Various Artists
      • 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
    • • Curtis Mayfield
      • Super Fly(4 mins)arr. Scarlet Halton
      • Hard Times(4 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Trad.
      • Were you there?(5 mins)arr. Simon Cochard
    • • Dick Holler
      • Abraham, Martin and John(4 mins)arr. Scarlet Halton
    • • George Nelson Allen
      • Take my hand, previous Lord(4 mins)George N. Allen (attributed.), adapt. Thomas A. Dorsey, arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Various Artists
      • Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You(3 mins)Jerry Akines/Johnnie Bellmon/Victor Drayton/Reginald Turner arr. Scarlet Halton
    • • Curtis Mayfield
      • Move On Up(3 mins)arr. Troy Miller
    • • Otis Redding
      • Respect(3 mins)arr. Tom Richards
    • • interval
    • • Various Artists
      • War(4 mins)Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Stevie Wonder
      • Living for the City(6 mins)arr. Jochen Neuffer
    • • Nina Simone
      • Mississippi Goddam(6 mins)arr. Scarlet Halton
    • • Clara Ward
      • How I Got Over(4 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Trad.
      • Oh Happy Day(3 mins)adapt. Edwin Hawkins, arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Various Artists
      • Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud(3 mins)James Brown/Pee Wee Ellis arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Nina Simone
      • To Be Young, Gifted and Black(7 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Stevie Wonder
      • Higher Ground(4 mins)arr. Jochen Neuffer
    • • Trad.
      • We shall not be moved(5 mins)arr. Kyle Gordon
    • • Various Artists
      • What's Going On(4 mins)Al Cleveland/Renaldo Benson/Marvin Gaye arr. Troy Miller

  Performers

  • Beverley Knight
  • Jacob Lusk
  • Reginald Mobley
  • Annahstasia
  • James Emmanuel
  • Tony Momrelle
  • Yomi Ṣode
  • The LJ Singers

    ensemble
    ensemble
  • Trevor Nelson

    presenter
    presenter
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Kyle Gordon
  • Sam Cooke
  • Various Artists
  • Curtis Mayfield
  • Trad.
  • Dick Holler
  • George Nelson Allen
  • Otis Redding
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Nina Simone
  • Clara Ward

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