| Secondary Performers | Juliet Stevenson - narrator |
| Orchestra or Band | BBC Concert Orchestra,
Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tenant, Chris Lowe) |
| Set List | 'Overture' to Performance, arr. R Niles,
'Four Songs in A Minor: 'Love is a Catastrophe', Pet Shop Boys (with Chrissie Hynde),
'Later Tonight', Pet Shop Boys (with Chrissie Hynde),
'Vocal', Pet Shop Boys (with Chrissie Hynde),
'Rent', Pet Shop Boys (with Chrissie Hynde),
'A Man from the Future', orch. S Helbig (with Juliet Stevenson) |
| Performance Notes | There was no interval during the performance.
World premiere of 'A Man from the Future', orch. S. Helbig.
The legendary Pet Shop Boys make their Proms debut in this Late Night Prom, joining the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra for the world premiere of A Man from the Future, a new piece for electronics, orchestra, choir and narrator.
The piece is inspired by the life and work of Alan Turing, who helped break the German Enigma code during the Second World War and formulated the concept of the digital computer, but was prosecuted in 1952 for his homosexuality, receiving a posthumous pardon last year. It comes as a timely homage, 60 years after Turings death.
The concert also includes new orchestral arrangements by renowned film composer Angelo Badalamenti of five Pet Shop Boys songs chosen by Tennant and Lowe, as well as the exuberant overture to their 1991 tour, Performance, heard live in concert for the first time.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/61),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide,
Digital Photographs |