Main Performers | Jarvis Cocker - speaker, vocal, Richard Hills - organ |
Orchestra or Band | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
Choirs | Manchester Chamber Choir (upper voices) |
Set List | 'Aqua Marina', G Miller (Jarvis Cocker, BBC Philharmonic), 'Song to the Siren', T Buckley (Jarvis Cocker, BBC Philharmonic), 'The Carnival of the Animals', C Saint-Saens (Jarvis Cocker, BBC Philharmonic) |
Performance Notes | Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio Four.
In the last of this years Proms collaborations with six of the BBC national radio stations and BBC Music, popular Radio 4 show Wireless Nights becomes a live concert experience, pairing music and spoken word inspired by the night. Singersongwriter Jarvis Cocker presents an evening he describes as a nocturnal investigation of the human condition, with Maxime Tortelier conducting the BBC Philharmonic. Badgers, stars, elves and lambs may or may not be involved.
There will be no interval |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60), Programme (RAHE/1/2015/132), Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37) |