Prom 25: Tuesday 2nd August at 10.15 p.m. (Percy Grainger)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Presented by Charles Hazlewood

A Late Night Prom celebrating anniversary composer Percy Grainger. Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell leads the way into the musical world of a composer she finds 'quirky and outrageous and very unconventional', concentrating on Grainger's fascinating and varied responses to folk music.

Trad: Green Bushes
Grainger: Green Bushes
Early One Morning, Tulluchgorum and Music for a New Crossing (medley)
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Shepherd's Hey (medley)
Grainger: Early One Morning
Trad: Sea Shanty
Grainger: Shallow Brown
Trad: Scotch Strathspey & Reel
Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel

June Tabor (folk singer)
Wilson Family (Shanty singers)
Kathryn Tickell Band
BBC Singers (men's voices)
Northern Sinfonia
John Harle (conductor).

[Chris Newman]

Well that was fun. After the lovely Elgar in the earlier concert it was great to hear Grainger getting fuller treatment. Shallow Brown was the highlight as always.

[pilamenon]

Shallow Brown was the highlight as always.

June Tabor - what a moving rendition.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I've merged the two threads for simplification.

E.A.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I see there's yet another here on the World Music forum

[Oddball]

I've merged the two threads for simplification.

E.A.

OK, but the other thread seemed to be exclusively Elgar Violin Concerto. So not much comment on Grainger or Tickell.

But I have to thank Kathryn Tickell for four things (at least):
1. Introduction to Northumbrian small pipes
2. Introduction to the more interesting compositions of Percy Grainger
3. Possible hypothesis that sea shanties have a basis in north country folk tunes
4. Introduction to a warm hearted entertainer, without pretentions.

[Anna]

I didn't hear this broadcast, but I see it is on BBC4 this evening, I'm interested because I've never really 'got' Grainger as regards to his folk music.

[JoeG]

I heard the concert and am looking forward to seeing it on BBC 4 tonight - glad you enjoyed Kathryn Tickell's contribution Oddball - one of the delights of being a folk music enthusiast is that the great majority of musicians playing folk and acoustic music are extremely nice, unpretentious, and often highly charismatic, people.

At the Hartlepool Folk Club which I attended in my late teens, and where I learned my love of this music, sea shanties were very commonly sung - not sure if their roots are there though.

[Oddball]

I heard the concert and am looking forward to seeing it on BBC 4 tonight -.

A very enjoyable concert. I didn't buy a season ticket to the Proms this year, being too busy elsewhere, but concerts like this make me regret the decision.

[Chris Newman]

The BBC 4 version is as much fun as the radio version.