Featured on today's playlist were compositions that are traditionally performed at the annual BBC Proms, formally known as the Henry Woods Promenade Concerts. Prom is short for promenade concert, a term originally referring to outdoor concerts in London's pleasure gardens, where the audience was free to stroll while the orchestra performed.
1. Claude Debussy, Sirenes from Trois Nocturnes, Paris Orchestra Women’s Chorus and Orchestra of Paris, Daniel Barenboim
2. Aaron Copland, Symphony No. 3, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
3. Ludwig Van Beethover, Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”, Gewandhausorchestra of Leipzig, Kurt Masur
4. Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Waltzes for Piano, Four Hands, Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen
5. Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, E. Power Biggs
6. Gaetano Donizetti, The Great Sextet, Montserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Claes H. Ahnsjo, Vicente Sardinero, Samuel Ramey and Ann Murray
7. Leonard Bernstein, Somewhere, Barbara Streisand
8. Franz Schubert, Sonata in A minor, JoAnn Falletta and Robery Alemany
9. George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, Anne-Marie McDermott, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Justin Brown
10. Eric Whitacre, Equus, London Symphony Orchestra, Eric Whitacre
11. J.S. Bach, Italian Concerto, Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence King
12. Martin Luther, A Mighty Fortress is our God, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
13. Emmerich Kalman, excerpts from Die Csardasfurstin, Slovak Philharmonic Choir and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
14. Sir Edward Elgar, Land of Hope and Glory, BBC Chorus and Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
15. Maurice Ravel, Jeux d’eau, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
16. Ennio Morricone, On Earth as it will be in Heaven from The Mission, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
17. Miklos Rozsa, Love Theme from El Cid, Unknown Orchestra
18. Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man, London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland
19. Darius Milhaud, Suite Francaise, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon
20. Robert Schumann, Three Romances, Lenny Schranze and Charles Fugo
21. Ugis Praulins, Missa Regensis, Kammerchor I Vocalisti, Hans Jochim Lustig
22. Sir Henry Wood, Hail Britannia, English Northern Philharmonia Leeds Festival Chorus, Paul Daniel
23. Sir Charles Hubert Parry, Jerusalem, Robert Quinney, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
24. Ernest Tomlinson, A Georgian Miniature, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Tomlinson
25. Giuseppe Verdi, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco, Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
26. J.S. Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, E. Power Biggs
27. Giacomo Puccini, Recondita Armonia from Tosca, Roberto Alagna, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonia Papanno
28. Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma from Turandot, Jussi Bjoerling, Rome Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
