Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man

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Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames celebrate prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Stuart Maconie and special guests. Presented by Elizabeth Alker live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Copland, arr Robert Ames: Fanfare for the Common Man Ian Anderson arr Sam Gale: Living in the Past Mike Ratledge, arr Gale: Out-Bloody-Rageous Tony Banks, arr Adam Dennis: A Trick of the Tail; arr. Sam Gale: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe); arr. Christian Balvig: Northern Lights(5 mins) Justin Hayward, arr. Fiona Brice: Nights in White Satin Peter Hammill, arr. Adam Dennis: Refugees Yes, arr. CHAINES: And You and I – Close to the Edge – Siberian Khatru Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells, Part One (excerpts) c.8.25pm Interval: David Baddiel grew up listening to Genesis. He talks about his musical tastes and recent projects including writing a family memoir and the Radio 4 series about the meaning of Englishness and football fandom: Sixty Years of Hurt. c.8.45pm Keith Emerson, arr. Robert Ames: Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 Osibisa, arr. Christian Balvig: Komfo Frank Zappa, arr. Christian Balvig: Peaches en Regalia Thijs van Leer, arr. Christian Balvig: Sylvia King Crimson, arr. Fiona Brice: 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King Ian Anderson: Reasons for Waiting Tony Banks, arr. Fiona Brice: Entangled; arr Sam Gale: On Reflection The Incredible String Band, arr. Christian Balvig: Maker of Islands Richard Wright, arr. Fiona Brice: Great Gig in the Sky Rick Davies, arr. Christian Balvig: Crime of the Century Greg Lake, adapted from Mussorgsky, arr. Robert Ames: The Great Gates of Kiev Guy Garvey Jane Weaver Gruff Rhys Carl Palmer, drums Peter Hammill, vocals BBC Concert Orchestra Robert Ames, conductor Prog rock exploded the tight boundaries of pop music, amplifying it with new symphonic scope, ambition and influences and creating spectacular visual and musical statements. The Proms celebrates this pioneering, British-driven movement in a concert celebrating classic tracks on an orchestral scale. Award-winning broadcaster and BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie presents brand new orchestral arrangements of music by ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others.