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Proms Unmissable Moments Mix

麻豆社 Proms 2023

Katie Derham presents highlights from the 麻豆社 Proms 2023, from Rachmaninov to Rufus Wainwright, Bollywood to the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Over eight weeks every summer, the Royal Albert Hall and venues around the country play host to the world鈥檚 largest classical music festival 鈥� the 麻豆社 Proms. And what a summer of glorious music-making it鈥檚 been this year!

Katie Derham presents this mix of unmissable Proms moments as broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 3, featuring everything from iconic pieces by Vivaldi, Elgar, and Rachmaninov, to the music of Bollywood, Northern Soul, and The Lord of the Rings. There are extraordinary performances by artists including Yuja Wang, Pekka Kuusisto and Chineke! Orchestra, a unique collaboration between Rufus Wainwright and the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, and so much more.

1 hour, 18 minutes

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No 2 in G minor, "Summer" (3rd mvt) - Prom 4

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia Op 26 - Prom 1

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Choir: 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.

  • Van McCoy

    You're Gonna Make Me Love You - Prom 2

    Singer: Frida Touray. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Music Arranger: Fiona Brice. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: Variation 18 - Prom 27

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra Op 30: Sunrise - Prom 36

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Rusman and Ludmilla: Overture - Prom 38

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt) - Prom 61

    Performer: Aaron Azunda Akugbo. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.

  • Palak Muchhal

    Yaara Seeli Seeli - Prom 18

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Carlos Simon

    Four American Dances (1st mvt) - Prom 55

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47 (2nd mvt) - Prom 16

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.

  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow - Prom 34

    Composer: Christopher Moore. Performer: Matthew Denton. Choir: VOCES8.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor (2nd mvt) - Prom 6

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

  • Howard Shore

    Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite (extract) - Prom 57

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.

  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush - Prom 15

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.

  • Florence Price

    Because - Proms at Sage Gateshead

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.

  • Rufus Wainwright

    I Don't Know What It Is - Prom 66

    Singer: Rufus Wainwright. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Sarah Hicks.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') - Prom 71

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Marin Alsop.