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Alison Balsom and Linton Stephens celebrate the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms

With the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms in full swing, trumpeter Alison Balsom and bassoonist Linton Stephens join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye for a Proms-themed episode

With three weeks remaining of this year's Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms, Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe present a Proms-themed edition. Studio guests are the celebrated trumpeter Alison Balsom, who'll be performing in this year’s Last Night of the Proms, and bassoonist, Radio 3 and Proms presenter Linton Stephens. Expect music from the Proms and beyond as we head from a live, scaled-back Springsteen anthem to the Outer Hebrides, via Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Born in the USA (live) by Bruce Springsteen
2nd movement of the Symphony No 10 in E Minor by Dmitri Shostakovich
Superstar from Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
Andante: 2nd movement of the Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn
Hùg air a’ Bhonaid Mhòir (Celebrate the Big Bonnet) by Julie Fowlis

Other music in this episode:

A Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
The Lovecats by The Cure
Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen
I Don't Know How to Love Him by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, sung by Yvonne Elliman
Touch the Sky (from the film Brave) by Julie Fowlis

You can listen to every Prom and unmissable moments from across the season on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Sounds. Just search ‘Proms’.

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