{"id":43989,"date":"2024-06-11T22:08:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b52356f4-03f3-46e8-9f70-e35a19a8a713"},"modified":"2024-06-11T22:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:36:06","slug":"daniel-bartholomew-poyser-the-canadian-conductor-bringing-disco-to-the-2024-bbc-proms","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/daniel-bartholomew-poyser-the-canadian-conductor-bringing-disco-to-the-2024-bbc-proms\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser: the Canadian conductor bringing disco to the 2024 BBC Proms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at 20:08 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Read on for an introduction to the Canadian conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, who conducts Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (Prom 2, Sat 20 July) at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/2024-bbc-proms-listings\">2024 BBC Proms<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-is-daniel-bartholomew-poyser\">Who is Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser?<\/h2><p>Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser\u00a0is an orchestral conductor from Canada. He&#8217;s won acclaim for his shows that introduce classical and orchestral music to sectors of society that wouldn&#8217;t normally access this type of music. He&#8217;s known for blending classical music with more contemporary forms. <\/p><p\/><script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/YCjcY8vg-lqFafnwo.js\"\/><p\/><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-is-daniel-bartholomew-poyser-from\">Where is Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser from?<\/h2><p>The conductor hails from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-and-what-s-he-famous-for\">And what's he famous for?<\/h2><p>Bartholomew-Poyser has won acclaim for devising shows that introduce classical and orchestral music to new audiences. His shows blend classical music with more contemporary forms and are aimed at audiences who have not had much exposure to classical music so far.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-has-been-his-biggest-conducting-performance-to-date\">What has been his biggest conducting performance to date?<\/h2><p>Probably his performance at the Hollywood Bowl on 18 August 2023, when he was a guest conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whom we listed as one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/worlds-best-orchestras\">best orchestras in the world<\/a><\/strong>. Bartholomew-Poyser led an all-<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky\">Tchaikovsky<\/a><\/strong> concert, culminating in a performance of the composer's famous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/tchaikovskys-1812-overture-best-recordings\">1812 Overture<\/a><\/strong> set to a fireworks display.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/six-best-pieces-music-firework-night\">Six of the best... pieces of music for Firework Night<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-and-what-else-does-he-do\">And what else does he do?<\/h2><p>Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser also hosts\u00a0<em>Centre Stage<\/em>, a weekend classical music programme on\u00a0the Canadian\u00a0radio network <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBC_Music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBC Music<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-bartholomew-poyser-be-conducting-at-the-2024-bbc-proms\">What will Bartholomew-Poyser be conducting at the 2024 BBC Proms?<\/h2><p>He'll be conducting Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/who-designed-and-built-the-royal-albert-hall\">Royal Albert Hall<\/a><\/strong> on Saturday 20 July. The concert will be inspired by the sounds and style of late 1970s New York and in particular its epicentre, the nightclub Studio 54. He will lead the BBC Concert Orchestra in renditions of some of the wonderful music of that era, including hits by Chic, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, Boney M. and more.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at 20:08 PM Read on for an introduction to the Canadian conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, who conducts Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (Prom 2, Sat 20 July) at the 2024 BBC Proms. Who is Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser? Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser\u00a0is an orchestral conductor from Canada. 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