Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2009 - One Hundredth and Fifteenth Season - Prom 8 - In the Presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, Celebrating the Eight Hundredth Anniversary of the Foundation of Cambridge University
Performance Date22 July 2009
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersSimon Keenlyside - vocal,
Thomas Trotter - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsChoirs of King's and St. John's Colleges,
Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius and Trinity Colleges,
Choirs from combined Cambridge Colleges
ConductorsSir Andrew Davis,
Stephen Cleobury,
Andrew Nethsingha
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Willcocks (Choirs and audience),
'Overture, The Wasps', Vaughan Williams,
'The Genesis of Secrecy', R Wigglesworth,
'Five Mystical Songs', Vaughan Williams (Keenlyside, Choirs from combined Cambridge colleges)
INTERVAL
'Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A Major, Op.12', Stanford (Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius and Trinity colleges),
'Come, Holy Ghost', J Harvey (Choirs of King's and St. John's colleges - conducted by Andrew Nethsingha),
'Ascending Into Heaven', J Weir (Trotter, Choirs of King's and St. John's colleges - conducted by Stephen Cleobury),
'Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 'Organ', Saint-Saens (Trotter)
Royal PresenceHRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
Performance NotesWorld premiere and BBC commission of 'The Genesis of Secrecy' by Ryan Wigglesworth.
Proms premiere of 'Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A Major, Op.12' by Stanford and 'Ascending into Heaven' by Judith Weir.

First instance of climate crisis activism at the Hall: At the start of the interval from the gallery a trumpet fanfare was heard, played by a man and his female companion was seen to climb over the gallery rail to unfurl a 5 x 15 foot banner promoting www.climaterush.co.uk.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2009/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2009/58),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2009/36),
Poster (RAHE/2/2009/7)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/WFZW9kWFU7BI7
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2009/58BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2009 - One Hundreth and Fifteenth Season - Prom 8 - In the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, Celebrating the Eight Hundredth Anniversary of the Foundation of Cambridge University22 July 2009
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Onasilug_PimBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2009 - One Hundreth and Fifteenth Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4980Davis; Sir; Andrew (2 February 1944); CBE; English conductor
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/7703Trotter; Thomas (fl 1990s-); British concert organist
DS/UK/2697King Charles III; King; Charles Philip Arthur George (14 November 1948-); King of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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