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David Arnold, Nadine Shah and Charlotte Harding celebrate the BBC Proms

Nadine Shah, David Arnold and Charlotte Harding the world's largest annual classical music festival, the BBC Proms, with Anna and Jeffrey.

To mark this year's BBC Proms, Jeffrey and Anna are joined by three music specialists to create a playlist of five Proms-themed tracks. Celebrated James Bond film composer David Arnold, Mercury Prize-nominated, South Tyneside-born singer and songwriter Nadine Shah, and composer and saxophonist Charlotte Harding check out this year's festival, currently just past its halfway point, and look into the archive to choose their five tracks.

Every concert in this year's BBC Proms is - or will be - available via BBC Sounds, including Nadine Shah's performance in Gateshead and Charlotte Harding's Relaxed Prom in Bristol, with many also available on the iPlayer.

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

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

James Bond Theme by John Barry
4th mvt: Adagio, from 9th Symphony by Gustav Mahler
Time by Pink Floyd
It’s Raining Today by Scott Walker
And the Door Unsealed by Miho Hazama

Other music in this episode:

Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland
Topless Mother by Nadine Shah
Miami International from Casino Royale by David Arnold
Bad Sign, Good Sign by Monty Norman
Main Title from Out of Africa by John Barry
Make It Easy on Yourself by The Walker Brothers
My Ship Is Coming In by The Walker Brothers
Wilkommen from Cabaret by the Danish Radio Big Band

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42 minutes

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  • Fri 21 Aug 202619:15
  • Tue 25 Aug 202611:00

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