{"id":45837,"date":"2024-08-04T09:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e20c3d62-1254-450a-b14c-732fe9cd22b4"},"modified":"2024-08-04T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T08:07:15","slug":"today-at-the-bbc-proms-the-kanneh-masons-plus-copland-barber-gershwin","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/today-at-the-bbc-proms-the-kanneh-masons-plus-copland-barber-gershwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at the BBC Proms: the Kanneh-Masons plus Copland, Barber, Gershwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 04 August 2024 at 07:21 AM<\/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>Here&#8217;s your guide to what&#8217;s on on today at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/\">BBC Proms<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s a busy day at the Proms, with not one but two concerts taking place at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/who-designed-and-built-the-royal-albert-hall\">Royal Albert Hall<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>Can&#8217;t get enough of the Proms? Just head over to our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/2024-bbc-proms-listings\">2024 BBC Proms guide<\/a><\/strong> for all you need to know about the 2024 lineup. Here, we&#8217;ve listed all the concerts, taking place both at the Royal Albert Hall and at other venues across the UK. Bristol, Nottingham and Gateshead are all hosting weekend festivals, and there are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-chamber-music\">chamber music<\/a><\/strong> concerts in Aberdeen, Belfast and Newport. Here you&#8217;ll find details on performers, times, ticket prices and all you need for successful Promming!<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-on-at-the-bbc-proms-today\">What&#8217;s on at the BBC Proms today?<\/h2><p>There are two BBC Proms concerts taking place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 4 August 2024. In the morning, at 11am, it&#8217;s Folk Songs with the Kanneh-Masons. Cellist <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/sheku-kanneh-mason\">Sheku Kanneh-Mason<\/a><\/strong> and his violinist brother <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/braimah-kanneh-mason\">Braimah<\/a><\/strong> are joined by the guitarist Pl\u00ednio Fernandes and the Fantasia Orchestra and their conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh, for performances of traditional <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-folk-music\">folk songs<\/a><\/strong> and dances and much-loved songs including\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/bela-bartok\">Bart\u00f3k<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0Romanian Folk Dances, and arrangements of three of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/johannes-brahms\">Brahms<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s<strong> <\/strong>Hungarian Dances.<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-are-the-members-of-the-kanneh-mason-family\">The Kanneh-Masons: meet Britain&#8217;s most talented musical family<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>You&#8217;ll also hear arrangements of Burt Bacharach&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;I Say a Little Prayer&#8217;,\u00a0Bob Marley&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;Redemption Song&#8217;,\u00a0Laura Mvula&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;Sing to the Moon&#8217; and the much-loved traditional folk song\u00a0&#8216;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/scarborough-fair-lyrics\">Scarborough Fair<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/english-folk-songs\">Ten best English folk songs<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Redemption Song (Arr. Kanneh-Mason)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_LmRcr8Mm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-s-performing-at-the-bbc-proms-tonight\">Who&#8217;s performing at the BBC Proms tonight?<\/h2><p>Then this evening, the Proms get a visit from the acclaimed Sinfonia of London and their talismanic conductor <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-is-john-wilson\">John Wilson<\/a><\/strong>. They will be performing a brilliant-looking all-American bill, including the UK premiere of <em>Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!<\/em>, a brand new work by the brilliant trumpeter and composer <strong>Wynton Marsalis<\/strong>. John Wilson and the SInfonia picked up two awards at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/awards\/2024-awards\/bbc-music-magazine-awards-2024-winners-announced\">2024 BBC Music Magazine Awards<\/a><\/strong>, including the Opera Award for their recording of Rodgers and Hammerstein&#8217;s great musical <em>Oklahoma!<\/em> <\/p><p>Elsewhere on the bill you&#8217;ll find the suite from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/aaron-copland\">Aaron Copland<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s 1938 ballet\u00a0<em>Billy the Kid \u2013 suite<\/em>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/samuel-barber\">Samuel Barber<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s much-loved\u00a0Adagio for strings,\u00a0and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/george-gershwin\">George Gershwin<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s iconic<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/rhapsody-in-blue\">Rhapsody in Blue<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. The soloist for this wonderful, jazz-infused piano concerto is pianist Steven Osborne.<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/greatest-piano-concertos-all-time\">The greatest piano concertos of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Completing this delicious all-American bill is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/charles-ives\">Charles\u00a0Ives<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em>The Unanswered Question<\/em> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/john-adams\">John Adams<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em>Harmonielehre<\/em>. Of the latter, Adams wrote that the work &#8216;was a statement of belief in the power of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-tonality\"><strong>tonality<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at a time when I was uncertain about its future&#8217;.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Copland ~ Billy the Kid ~ Concert Suite ~ Complete\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WXZVI2_8GJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-are-today-s-bbc-proms-on-tv\">Are today&#8217;s BBC Proms on TV?<\/h2><p>Prom 20, <strong>Folk Songs with the Kanneh-Masons<\/strong>, is being recorded for broadcast on BBC Four.<strong> <\/strong>Prom 21, featuring the Sinfonia of London and John WIlson, will be live on BBC Four from 8pm. And you can hear both Proms (as you can all the BBC Proms) on BBC Radio 3.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-time-do-the-bbc-proms-concerts-start-today\">What time do the BBC Proms concerts start today? <\/h2><p>Prom 20 starts at 11am and Prom 21 starts at 8pm. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-and-how-much-are-tickets-for-the-bbc-proms-today\">And how much are tickets for the BBC Proms today?<\/h2><p>Tickets for Prom 20, featuring the Kanneh-Masons, range from \u00a311 to \u00a354. This evening&#8217;s Prom, featuring the all-American programme, is priced between \u00a315 and \u00a364. And you always have the option of joining the day&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-prommer\">Prommers<\/a><\/strong>, and queuing for the chance of an \u00a38 ticket.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Sunday, 04 August 2024 at 07:21 AM Here&#8217;s your guide to what&#8217;s on on today at the BBC Proms. It&#8217;s a busy day at the Proms, with not one but two concerts taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Can&#8217;t get enough of the Proms? 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It&#8217;s a busy day at the Proms, with not one but two concerts taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Can&#8217;t get enough of the Proms? Just head over to our 2024 BBC Proms&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/45837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}