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Performance TitleBBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Proms Season - Prom 32: Family Prom
Performance Date29 August 2021
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersAminata Kanneh-Mason,
Braimah Kanneh-Mason,
Ayla Sahin - violin,
Timothy Ridout - viola,
Mariatu Kanneh-Mason,
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - cello,
Toby Hughes - double bass,
Adam Walker - flute
Mark Simpson - clarinet
Isata Kanneh-Mason,
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason,
Konya Kanneh-Mason - pianos,
Alasdair Malloy - harmonica,
Adrian Spillett - percussion
Set List'New Work', D Kidane,
'The Carnival of the Animals', Saint-Saens (with new narration by Michael Morpurgo)
Performance NotesIn 2021, the BBC Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a summer of live music, as it has done every year since 1941. With 52 concerts over 44 days, featuring 30 orchestras and ensembles and more than 2,000 musicians, this ambitious season promises a celebration of live music on a scale not seen since before the pandemic. From the power of a symphony orchestra to the sheer joy of a single performer on the Hall’s magnificent organ, this summer we look forward to coming together through music. Every Prom will be live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.

Author Michael Morpurgo joins the seven talented Kanneh-Mason siblings and starry musical friends for this special Family Prom. Saint-Saens’s much loved suite The Carnival of the Animals – a musical menagerie packed with braying donkeys, energetic kangaroos, a serene swan and an aquarium of glinting fish – gets a fresh update in witty new poems by Morpurgo.

BBC commission and world premiere of 'New Work', Daniel Kidan.

British Sign Language-interpreted performance.

The season was shortened to six, rather than eight, weeks because of the financial risk to the BBC not knowing audience sizes due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Related Archival MaterialProspectus (RAHE/1/2021/5),
Programme (RAHE/1/2021/)
Ticket Prices£7.12-£
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2021/37BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Proms Season - Prom 32: Family Prom29 August 2021
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12261BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2021 - One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Proms Season46
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/19436Morpurgo; Michael (1943-); OBE; English author, poet, playwright and librettist who is known best for children's novels.
DS/UK/22882Kanneh-Mason; Braimah; British violist
DS/UK/23510Kanneh-Mason; Aminata (c.2006); British violinist and pianist
DS/UK/23511Sahin; Ayla; violinist
DS/UK/22352Ridout; Timothy (1995-); British violist
DS/UK/23512Kanneh-Mason; Mariatu (c.2010); British cellist and pianist
DS/UK/21933Kanneh-Mason; Sheku (4 April 1999-); English cellist
DS/UK/23513Hughes; Toby; British double bass player
DS/UK/5178Walker; Adam (1987-); English classical flautist
DS/UK/20687Simpson; Mark (1988-); British composre, clarinettist
DS/UK/22881Kanneh-Mason; Isata; British pianist
DS/UK/22883Kanneh-Mason; Jeneba; British pianist and cellist
DS/UK/22884Kanneh-Mason; Konya; British pianist and violinst
DS/UK/5321Malloy; Alasdair (fl 1990-); Scottish percussionist
DS/UK/5217Spillett; Adrian (fl 1998-); British percussionist
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