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Prom 23: EVOLUTION!
- Date Sunday 2 August 2009
- Time 11.00pm - c1.00pm
CBBC presenters Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt unleash a natural selection of creatures in this childfriendly Prom inspired by the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
Conductor Charles Hazlewood leads us from prehistoric Earth to outer space in John Williams's soundtracks to Jurassic Park and Star Wars – and we uncover the bird kingdom (with Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring) and insect life (in Arvo Pärt's If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper). Britten's 'Storm' interlude from his opera Peter Grimes represents the primal elements before the arrival of animals, while Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man anticipates the collective human spirit.
Plus, there's a new beginning, as DJ and drum-and-bass producer Goldie (runner-up of last year's BBC Two Maestro competition) reveals a specially written, Darwin-inspired work – his first ever for a classical orchestra.
There will be one interval
- Barney Harwood presenter
- Gemma Hunt presenter
- with special guest Sir David Attenborough
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- London Philharmonic Choir
- Charles Hazlewood conductor
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See also
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- Dilettante
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The Berlioz Te Deum was new to me. Loved it. Thank you to the musicians involved and The BBC Proms.
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