BBC Proms 2021 – Concerts with Musicals & Film Music

Tomorrow starts the BBC Proms 2021 concert cycle (July 30-September 11, 2021). Among the more than 45 concerts that will be celebrated at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which is now functioning at full capacity since mid-July, we can highlight the following:

 

Saturday, 31/7/2021 – 19:30h – PROM 2: THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY

Performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe. Cast: Louise Dearman, Katie Hall, Nadim Naaman.

 

Program:

  • Richard Rodgers – South Pacific Overture
  • Irving Berlin – Annie Get Your Gun – There’s No Business Like Show Business
  • George Gershwin/Cole Porter, arr. R. Balcombe – The Rhythm’s Alright With Me (medley)
  • Cole Porter – Anything Goes – You’re the Top
  • Richard Rodgers
    • Babes in Arms – My Funny Valentine
    • Oklahoma! – Oh, what a beautiful morning!
    • Carousel – (When I Marry) Mister Snow
    • South Pacific – Some Enchanted Evening
    • On Your Toes – Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

– interval –

  • Frederick Loewe
    • Gigi – overture
    • My Fair Lady – Show Me
    • My Fair Lady – On the Street Where You Live
    • My Fair Lady – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
  • George Gershwin – Oh, Kay! – Someone to Watch Over Me
  • George Gershwin – Shall We Dance – Promenade (Walking the Dog)
  • Frank Loesser – The Most Happy Fella – Joey, Joey, Joey
  • Jerome Kern – Very Warm for May – All the Things You Are
  • Cole Porter – High Society – You’re Sensational
  • Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane – Meet Me in St Louis – The Trolley Song
  • Cole Porter – High Society – Who wants to be a Millionaire?

 

Tickets (16-65 GBP / 19-76 €):

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2021-booking-period-1/prom-2-the-golden-age-of-broadway/

 

Thursday, 2/9/2021 – 19:30h – PROM 36: 20TH-CENTURY BRITISH FILM MUSIC

Performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Bramwell Tovey.

 

Program:

  • Doreen Carwithen -The Men of Sherwood Forest – overture 4’
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Muir Mathieson – Three Portraits from ‘The England of Elizabeth’ 17’
  • Malcolm Arnold arr. C. Palmer
    • Hobson’s Choice – concert suite 17’
    • You Know What Sailors Are – Scherzetto for clarinet and orchestra 3’
    • The Belles of St Trinian’s – comedy suite 8’

 

Tickets (12-50 GBP / 13-59 €):

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2021-booking-period-2/prom-36-20th-century-british-film-music/

 

More information:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms