UPDATED!
90.5 WUOL is hopping across the pond for a few of the 2020 BBC Proms! While the concerts won't have their typical rowdy audiences, the music will be unforgettable. Here's the schedule:
Corrected
September 17, 8pm
First Night of the Proms!
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Sofi Jeannin, chorus director
HANNAH KENDALL: Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama (World Premiere)
WHITACRE: Sleep
COPLAND: Quiet City
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3
September 24, 8pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19
JAY CAPPERAULD: Circadian Refrains (172 Days Until Dawn) (BBC Commission, World Premiere)
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
October 1, 8pm UPDATE: Due to a major malfunction, we will offer this broadcast on Thursday, October 8 at 8pm.
Last Night of the 2020 BBC Proms
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Golda Schultz, violin
Nicola Benedetti, violin
BBC Singers
MOZART: Overture and Deh vieni, non tadar from The Marriage of Figaro
STRAUSS: Morgen
ANDREA TARRODI: Solus (BBC Commission: world premiere)
SONDHEIM: Night Waltz and The Glamorous Life from A Little Night Music
SIBELIUS: Impromptu for Strings
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending
ERROLYN WALLEN: Jerusalem – our clouded hills
TRADITIONAL: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
ALI LEVACK: Derik’s Bothy Antics - Ali Levack, bagpipes
TRADITIONAL: Ar Lan y Môr (Beside the sea) - Beth Celyn with VRï
TRADITIONAL: The Sailor’s Return - Martha Guiney, Irish flute; Shane McCartan, guitar
ARNE: Rule Britannia
TRADITONAL: Auld Lang Syne