Details

Part of the BBC Proms. We celebrate the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge with a concert of music given by a convocation of the university's college choirs and two soloists and a conductor who are among its graduates. Approx. end time: 22:30

Cast/Performers

Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Thomas Trotter (organ)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Vaughan Williams (The Wasps - Overture - 9 mins), Ryan Wigglesworth (The Genesis of Secrecy - 10 mins - BBC commission: world premiere), Vaughan Williams (Five Mystical Songs - 18 mins), Stanford (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A major - 12 mins), Jonathan Harvey (Come Holy Ghost - 7 mins), Judith Weir (Ascending into Heaven - 8 mins), Saint-Saens (Symphony No 3 - Organ - 36 mins)
Company(s): Choirs of King's and St John's Colleges, Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius and Trinity Colleges, Choirs from combined Cambridge Colleges, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor(s): Andrew Davis (Sir), Stephen Cleobury, Andrew Nethsingha