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Performance TitleStreaming - BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Proms Season: Viennese Night: Behind Closed Doors [Private]
Performance Date31 August 2020
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersSophie Bevan,
Robert Murray - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Concert Orchestra
ConductorsBramwell Tovey
Set List'The Merry Widow - Overture', F Lehar, arr. P Park, R Hanmer,
'The Chocolate Soldier - Duet: 'Don't Eat Them All, You Greedy Man', O Straus, arr. R Hanmer,
'Giuditta - 'Meine Lippen, Sie Süssen So Heiss', F Lehar, arr. H Schneider,
'Countess Maritza - 'Wenn es Abend Wird' … Grüss Mir Mein Wien'', E Kalman, arr. M Schönherr,
'Die Fledermaus - Overture', J Strauss II,
'Paginini - Prelude and Violin Solo', F Lehar, arr. H Dexter,
'Der Opernball - Rendezvous-Duettino ('Im Chambre Separee'), R Heuberger,
'Gold and Silver Waltz', F Lehar,
'The Merry Widow - Vilja', F Lehar, arr. P Park, R Hanmer,
'The Land of Smiles - 'You Are my Heart's Delight', F Lehar,
'Pizzicato Polka', J Strauss II, J Straus,
'Die Fledermaus - Watch Duet', J Strauss II, arr. S Robinson, C Williams
Performance NotesThis Prom will be broadcast for free at 19:30 BST.

Please note that it will not be possible to have an audience at the Royal Albert Hall for this concert.

Marking 150 years since the birth of Franz Lehár - and recalling the long-running Proms tradition of the 'Viennese Night' begun in the 1950s - we step into the gilded ballroom of operetta, evoking the glamour and sophistication of turn-of-the-century Vienna.

Clink your glasses to an evening of champagne-filled romance and melody featuring excerpts from Lehár's most popular titles such as The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles and Giuditta, as well as music by fellow creators of the 'Silver Age' of Viennese operetta - and excerpts from the most enduring and popular operetta of them all, Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus ('The Bat'). The ever-stylish BBC Concert Orchestra graces the stage, under its Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey.
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Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11973Streaming - BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Proms Season: Behind Closed Doors [Private]13
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1002Bevan; Sophie (1983); MBE; British soprano singer
DS/UK/888Murray; Robert (1976-); English tenor
DS/UK/1151British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Concert Orchestra; 1931-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1028Tovey; Bramwell (1953-2022); OC OM; English conductor, composer
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