| Main Performers | Bryn Terfel,
Simon Butteriss,
Anna-Jane Casey,
Ailish Tynan - vocals,
Nicolas Altstaedt - cello
Peter Donohoe - piano
Wayne Marshall - organ |
| Secondary Performers | Darcey Bussell,
Sue Lawley,
Sir Michael Parkinson,
Sir David Attenborough,
Simon Weston,
Patricia Routledge,
Peter Donohue,
John Sessions |
| Choirs | Huddersfield Choral Society |
| Set List | 'By the Sleepy Lagoon', Coates,
'Romeo and Juliet - Dance of the Knights', Prokofiev,
'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor', J S Bach,
'Cello Concerto in E Minor - 1st Movement', Elgar,
Scenes from 'the Song of Hiawatha' - The Death of Minnehaha, Coleridge-Taylor,
'Beatles Suite',
'Messiah - Two Choruses' - Handel
INTERVAL
'Match of the Day - Theme', Rhet Stoller,
'Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major, 'Emporer' - 1st movement', Beethoven,
'Tosca - Two Opera Arias', Puccini,
Desert Island Hits,
March ' The Dam Busters', Coates |
| Performance Notes | In a celebration of the 70th anniversary of BBC Radio 4s Desert Island Discs, Kirsty Young interviews guests from the series and introduces the most popular music choices, including Bachs Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565), Coatess The Dam Busters March and The Sleepy Lagoon; and excerpts from Beethovens Emperor Concerto, Coleridge-Taylors The Death of Minnehaha, Elgars Cello Concerto, Handels Messiah, Puccinis Madam Butterfly and Tosca, plus arrangements of favourite Beatles songs.
Sir Willard White was insisposed and replaced by Bryn Terfel on the evening.
Special guests included Darcy Bussell, Sue Lawley, Sir Michael Parkinson, Sir David Attenborough, Simon Weston, Patricia Routledge, Peter Donohue and John Sessions.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Sir Michael Parkinson's final Royal Albert Hall performance. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2012/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2012/128),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/24) |