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BBC Proms. 2013, Last night of the Proms. Part 1 / [music by George Frideric Handel, Gioachino Rossini, Jules Emile Frédéric Massenet, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wagner, and Anna Clyne] ; [producers, Jonathan Haswell, Julie Heptonstall] ; [director, Oliver MacFarlane] ; [BBC].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- French
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Orchestral music.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Violin with orchestra.
- Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Art music.
- Sacred music.
- Songs.
- Operas.
- Excerpts.
- Concert television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (93 minutes)
- Other Title:
- BBC Proms. 2013, Last night of the Proms. Episode 1
- BBC Proms. 2013, The last night of the Proms. Part 1
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide, [date of publication not identified]
- Language Note:
- Program presented in English ; vocal works sung in English and Italian and in Italian, Hebrew and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- It's a year of changes for the final night of the BBC Proms. The grand finale of the world's most celebrated classical music festival is conducted by Marin Alsop, making her the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms in its 119 year history. Star violinist Nigel Kennedy and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato take to the stage to perform a wide range of popular pieces including Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, Over the Rainbow and Danny Boy. The night also includes the world premiere of Anna Clyne's Masquerade, before closing with the traditional Last Night pieces.
- Contents:
- Introduction: BBC Proms 2013: Last Night of the Proms: Episode 1 (2:08); "Masquerade" (6:08) / Clyne; "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg- Overture" (10:25) / Wagner ; "Chichester Psalms" (21:33) / Bernstein ; "The Lark Ascending" (20:09) / Vaughan Williams ; "The Building of the House" (8:45) / Britten ; "Je suis gris! je suis ivre!" (3:46) / Massanet ; "Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fu" (4:40) / Handel ; "Tanti affettti in tal momento!" (10:11) / Rossini; Conclusion: BBC Proms 2013: Last Night of the Proms: Episode 1 (3:56).
- Participant:
- Nigel Kennedy, violin ; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; BBC Symphony Chorus ; Marin Alsop, conductor ; presented by Katie Derham.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed November 12, 2021).
- Recorded live Royal Albert Hall 2013.
- OCLC:
- 1288161229
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5138685/marc
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