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Prom 12: Ten Pieces II

Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series

Add to my Calendar 24-07-2016 16:00 24-07-2016 18:00 36 Prom 12: Ten Pieces II After the success of last year’s Ten Pieces Prom comes a new selection of classical essentials, this time aimed at secondary-school pupils. In the culmination of the Ten Pieces II project - which has taken classical music to schools across the UK - this Prom combines live performance with video animations. From the power of Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ to the skills of DJ Mr Switch in Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra, the Ten Pieces II Prom also showcases creative responses from teenagers. There will be one interval This year, for the first time, a limited number of Promming tickets will be available to book online. Promming tickets for the Ten Pieces II Prom on Saturday 23 July (Prom 10) and the CBeebies Proms on Sunday 28 and Monday 29 August (Proms 56 & 58) will be available to purchase online the day before each concert between 9.00am and 12.00pm. Or just turn up and, if you are in doubt about where to go, Royal Albert Hall stewards will point you in the right direction. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story: Mambo
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite no.2: Habanera
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite no.2: Chanson du toréador
Anna Clyne – Night Ferry
Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto (3rd mvt)
Gabriel Prokofiev – Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra (5th mvt)
Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony No 10 in E minor (2nd mvt)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem: Dies irae
Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem: Tuba mirum
Richard Wagner – Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

Performers

Lemn Sissay – Presenter
 Alpesh Chauhan – Conductor
 Matilda Lloyd – trumpet
 DJ Switch – turntables
 Esther Yoo – violin
 Naomi Wilkinson – presenter
 Naomi Wilkinson – Presenter

BBC Philharmonic
 Ten Pieces Choir

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Programme Note

After the success of last year’s Ten Pieces Prom comes a new selection of classical essentials, this time aimed at secondary-school pupils.

In the culmination of the Ten Pieces II project - which has taken classical music to schools across the UK - this Prom combines live performance with video animations.

From the power of Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ to the skills of DJ Mr Switch in Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra, the Ten Pieces II Prom also showcases creative responses from teenagers.

There will be one interval

This year, for the first time, a limited number of Promming tickets will be available to book online.

Promming tickets for the Ten Pieces II Prom on Saturday 23 July (Prom 10) and the CBeebies Proms on Sunday 28 and Monday 29 August (Proms 56 & 58) will be available to purchase online the day before each concert between 9.00am and 12.00pm.

Or just turn up and, if you are in doubt about where to go, Royal Albert Hall stewards will point you in the right direction.

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