Main Performers | Katherine Jenkins, Tom Conti, Dario Marianelli, Jilly Cooper, Penny Smith, David Mellor, Antonio Pappano, Placido Domingo, HRH The Duchess of Kent, Lesley Garrett, Simon Bates, Darcey Bussell, Paul Gambaccini Andrea Bocelli - speakers
Vittorio Grigolo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Rolando Villazon, Nicky Spence - vocals
Alison Balsom - trumpet |
Orchestra or Band | English Chamber Orchestra |
Set List | Music: 'Vurria', Furio Rendine (Placido Domingo, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Non Ti Scordar Di Me', Ernesto de Curtis (Placido Domingo, English Chamber Orchestra), 'In Paradisum' from Requiem, Karl Jenkins (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra), 'O Mio Babbino Caro' from Gianni Schicchi, Puccini (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Maria' from West Side Story, Bernstein (Vittorio Grigolo, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' from L'elisir D'Amore, Donizetti (Vittorio Grigolo, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Vocalise', Rachmaninoff, arr. Alison Balsom (Alison Balsom, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Concerto in D Major BWV 972 (after Vivaldi)', Bach (Alison Balsom, English Chamber Orchestra), 'The Gift of Music', John Rutter (The Cambridge Singers, Nicky Spence, English Chamber Orchestra), 'For the Beauty of the Earth', John Rutter (The Cambridge Singers, Nicky Spence, English Chamber Orchestra), 'Recondita Armonia' from Tosca, Puccini (Rolando Villazon, English Chamber Orchestra)
Awards: Singer of the Year - Andreas Scholl - Arias for Senesino, Instrumentalist of the Year - Leif Ove Andsnes - 'Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 1 and 2', Album of the Year - Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream, Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year - Takács Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Contemporary Music Award - James MacMillan - 'Symphony No.3, Silence', Soundtrack/Musical Theatre Composer Award - Dario Marianelli - Pride and Prejudice, Young British Classical Performer - Alison Balsom, Critics' Award - Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Plácido Domingo, Antonio Pappano - 'Tristan und Isolde', Lifetime Achievement - Plácido Domingo |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2006/35), Poster (RAHE/2/2006/37), Digital Photographs |