Proms 2014
Proms 2014 Calendar
By Date
Fri 8 Aug 2014
- 18:30Royal Albert Hall
A concert of big melodies and even bigger sounds culminates in Saint-Saëns’s mighty ‘Organ’ Symphony. The French theme continues with Franck’s Symphonic Variations and, at just 22 years old, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns for his fourth Proms appearance, performing both in the Franck and in Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1.
A concert of big melodies and even bigger sounds culminates in Saint-Saëns’s mighty ‘Organ’ Symphony. The French theme continues with Franck’s Symphonic Variations and, at just 22 years old, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns for his fourth Proms appearance, performing both in the Franck and in Chopin’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1.
Programme
- Elegia eroica(16 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor(38 mins)
- interval
- Symphonic Variations(16 mins)
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’(35 mins)
Performers
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
- David Goodeorgan
- Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Singer and broadcaster Clare Teal transports us back to the 1930s, as two of the greatest swing bands of the day – one led by Count Basie, the other by Duke Ellington – faced off in a memorable Battle of the Bands. In this Late Night Prom, present-day leaders James Pearson and Grant Windsor fight it out in their own, roof-raising battle.
Singer and broadcaster Clare Teal transports us back to the 1930s, as two of the greatest swing bands of the day – one led by Count Basie, the other by Duke Ellington – faced off in a memorable Battle of the Bands. In this Late Night Prom, present-day leaders James Pearson and Grant Windsor fight it out in their own, roof-raising battle.
Programme
- It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing(5 mins)
- Rockin' the Blues
- Every Tub
- Blue Skies
- Daybreak Express
- Cotton Tail
- Jump for Joy
- 9:20 Special
- One O'clock Jump
- Moon Nocturne
- Mood Indigo
- Truckin'
- Stomp Look and Listen
- Futile Frustration
- Going to Chicago Blues
- Rockin' In Rhythm
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Jumpin' at the Woodside
- Take the 'A' Train
Performers
- Clare Tealsinger
- Gregory Portersinger
- Count Pearson Proms BandProms debut artist
- James PearsonProms debut artist
- Duke Windsor Proms BandProms debut artist
- Grant WindsorProms debut artist
