Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 65A - Youssou N’Dour and Le Super Étoile de Dakar - Late Night
Performance Date31 August 2018
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time22:17
Main PerformersYoussou N’dour
Orchestra or BandLe Super Étoile de Dakar
Performance NotesSenegalese cultural icon Youssou N’dour makes his Proms debut in a special late-night appearance. This largely acoustic performance spotlights Ndour’s characteristic soaring vocals and the smooth instrumental colours brought to life by his group Le Super Étoile de Dakar.

For over 40 years N’dour has been thrilling audiences around the world with an eclectic mix of Cuban rumba, hip hop, jazz, soul and music of the West African griot tradition. In addition to his prodigious performing career – which has embraced more than 30 albums and a Grammy Award – he has also played a political role, having campaigned for the release of Nelson Mandela, performed at concerts for Amnesty International and served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 7 September 2018.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2018/51),
Programme (RAHE/1/2018/113),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2018/38),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2018/39),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2018/26, 41)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£100, £6 standing arena and gallery
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2018/39BBC Proms - Late Night Greats at the BBC Proms23 July-6 September 2018
RAHE/1/2018/113BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 65A - Youssou N’Dour and Le Super Étoile de Dakar - Late Night31 August 2018
RAHE/1/2018/51BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Season - Proms Guide13 July-8 September 2018
RAHE/6/2018/38BBC Proms Mini-Guide13 July-8 September 2018
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11341BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5435N'Dour; Youssou (1959-); Senegalese singer-songwriter, percussionist, composer, businessman, politician
DS/UK/22027Le Super Étoile de Dakar (1983-)
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