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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2007 - One Hundred and Thirteenth Season - Prom 35 - From Bards to Blues
Performance Date8 August 2007
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersCleo Laine - vocal,
Soweto Kinch,
Tommy Smith - saxophones,
Guy Barker - trumpet,
John Dankworth - reeds
Orchestra or BandJohn Dankworth Quintet,
BBC Big Band,
BBC Concert Orchestra
ConductorsJohn Dankworth
Set List'The Million Dollar Collection - Excerpts', John Dankworth,
'Shakespeare Settings', John Dankworth,
'Such Sweet Thunder - Excerpts', Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, arr. Dankworth,
'Take the 'A' Train', Billy Strayhorn, arr. Dankworth
INTERVAL
'Such Sweet Thunder - Excerpts', Duke Ellington, arr. Dankworth,
'Tonight I Shall Sleep; Duke Ellington,
'The Blues Ain't', lyrics by Duncan Lamont (John Dankworth),
'Creole Love Call', Duke Ellington,
'It Don't Mean a Thing', Duke Ellington, arr. Dankworth
Performance NotesWorld premieres of 'The Blues Ain't', and 'Take the 'A' Train' by Billy Strayhorn, arr. Dankworth.
Proms premieres of 'Tonight I Shall Sleep', 'Such Sweet Thunder'; Duke Ellington and 'The Million Dollar Collection - excerpts', John Dankworth.

Sir John Dankworth's final Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2007/65),
Programme (RAHE/1/2007/99),
Poster (RAHE/2/2007/33),
Digital Photographs
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2007/99BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2007 - One Hundred and Thirteenth Season - Prom 35 - From Bards to Blues8 August 2007
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IebeaxefeakeatibBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2007 - One Hundreth and Thirteenth Season72
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1151British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Concert Orchestra; 1931-; British orchestra
DS/UK/7311Dankworth; Sir; John (20 September 1927-6 February 2010); CBE; English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinetist and writer of film scores
DS/UK/17101BBC; BBC Big Band; 1964-; British big band
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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