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Proms special: love stories and peaceful endings

The fourth of this week鈥檚 series of Classical Mixtapes featuring music in this year's 麻豆社 Proms, including works by Rossini, Haydn, Richard Strauss and Alan Menken.

A special Proms edition featuring music connected with the forthcoming 2026 season, curated by the Proms Director of Artistic Planning Hannah Donat. Her choices demonstrate the wide range of music that is presented at the Proms and recreate the excitement and sometimes surprising nature of the festival. Today鈥檚 mix focuses on love stories and peaceful endings, and includes works by Rossini, Haydn, Richard Strauss and Alan Menken鈥檚 score for the film 鈥淭he Little Mermaid鈥�.

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Thu 16 Jul 2026 19:00
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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Stabat Mater; Amen

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rossini: Stabat Mater.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Alan Menken

    Triton's Kingdom (from The Little Mermaid - original movie sound track)

    Performer: Alan Menken.
    • The Little Mermaid (Original Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 45 in F-Sharp Minor, 'Farewell' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Haydn: The Complete Symphonies.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 163.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
    • Philips.

  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

    M盲rchensuite (fairy-tale suite); Prolog

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Peter Hirsch.
    • Bernd Alois Zimmermann: M盲rchensuite / Canto di speranza / Impromptu / Alagoana..
    • wergo.
    • 1.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Jul 2026 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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