Human Planet Prom
The Human Planet Prom is broadcast on Â鶹Éç Two
The Human Planet Prom is inspired by the landmark Â鶹Éç One show and accompanying Â鶹Éç Radio 3 series, Music Planet. It features music from the series by Nitin Sawhney performed by the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra under Charles Hazlewood, as well as music and musicians from Greenland, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Sakha Republic and Zambia, brought to London for this event ( and repeated on ).
The Human Planet Prom is presented by John Hurt, the voice of the Â鶹Éç One series, and includes big-screen highlights from the TV programmes. It also includes a performance by the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra on instruments created by some of the UK's top instrument-makers out of junk, broken furniture and the contents of roadside skips. The concert is the climax of a new documentary, Scrapheap Orchestra, for Â鶹Éç Four, to be broadcast in the autumn. The Human Planet Prom will be broadcast on Â鶹Éç Four on 5 August.
The Human Planet magic spreads into Hyde Park for an afternoon of free family fun in Kensington Gardens. Human Planet in the Park will feature performances by a selection of musicians from the main Prom, as well as the chance to get hands-on with the Scrapheap Orchestra instruments and a host of family-friendly workshops for all ages and abilities, inspired by music traditions from around the world ().
