Tim Minchin, Proms
Tim Minchin, Proms
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/06/2011 - 03:01
Date:
Saturday, 13 August, 2011 - 18:30
Tim Minchin, Sue Perkins, Kit and the Widow, Susan Bullock (soprano) and Danny Driver (piano). BBC Concert Orchestra, Jules Buckley (conductor).
Musician, actor, comedian and rock 'n' roll superstar Tim Minchin hosts a Proms first - the Comedy Prom.
Joined by guests including BBC Two Maestro winner Sue Perkins, musical cabaret duo Kit and The Widow, soprano Susan Bullock and rising star British pianist Danny Driver (making his Proms debut), Tim will weave his way through a spectacular evening of comedy, musical fun and surprises.
Highlights will include Franz Reizenstein's Concerto popolare, a whistlestop tour through competing favourite piano concertos, in a programme which offers a fresh, accessible and funny take on the Proms, accompanied on a grand scale by the ever-versatile BBC Concert Orchestra.
There will be one interval