Wed 8 Aug 2007

• 19:30

  Prom 35 - From Bards to Blues - A celebration of the Eightieth Birthdays of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine

  Royal Albert Hall

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  Programme

  • • • John Dankworth
      • The Million Dollar CollectionSailor Proms premiere
      • The Million Dollar CollectionMadonna Proms premiere
      • The Million Dollar CollectionLa Clownesse Proms premiere
      • The Million Dollar CollectionHogshead of Hogarth Proms premiere
      • All the World's a Stage (Shakespeare)
    • • Arthur Young
      • Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Shakespeare) Proms premiere
    • • John Dankworth
      • You spotted snakes (Shakespeare)
      • Where the bee sucks (Shakespeare) Proms premiere
      • When icicles hang by the wall (Shakespeare) Proms premiere
      • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Shakespeare)
    • • Duke Ellington
      • Such Sweet ThunderSonnet to Hank Cinq - Dankworth's arrangement sets words 'Take all my loves' (Shakespeare) to the original
      • Such Sweet ThunderSonnet for Caesar - Dankworth's arrangement sets words 'My love is as a fever' (Shakespeare) to the original Proms premiere
    • • Billy Strayhorn
      • Take the 'A' train World premiere of new version
    • • Duke Ellington
      • Such Sweet ThunderSuch sweet thunder (title track) Proms premiere
      • Such Sweet ThunderUp and Down Proms premiere
      • Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face) Proms premiere
    • • John Dankworth
      • The Blues Ain't World premiere
    • • Duke Ellington
      • Creole Love Call - New lyrics by Lorraine Feather
      • It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing)

  Performers

  • Tommy Smith

    saxophone
    saxophone
  • Guy Barker

    trumpet
    trumpet
  • Soweto Kinch

    saxophone
    saxophone
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Cleo Laine

    singer
    singer
  • John Dankworth Quintet (members)
  • John Dankworth

    music arrangerreeds/director
    music arrangerreeds/director
  • John Dankworth Quintet
  • BBC Big Band

  Composers

  • John Dankworth
  • Arthur Young
  • Duke Ellington
  • Billy Strayhorn

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