Prom 57: 'Ultra Lounge - Henry Mancini and Beyond', BBC CO, Outwater

[bluestateprommer]

Monday 2 September 2024
19:30
Royal Albert Hall

Henry Mancini:
(a) Charade – Main Title (first performance at The Proms)
(b) Peter Gunn – Theme (first performance at The Proms)
(c) Hatari! – 'Baby Elephant Walk' (first performance at The Proms)
(d) 'Days of Wine and Roses'
(e) 'Moon River' (first performance at The Proms)
(f) The Pink Panther – Theme

Harold Arlen: 'Blues in the Night'

Henry Mancini:
(g) 'Rain Drops in Rio' (first performance at The Proms)
(h) 'Lujon' (first performance at The Proms)

Quincy Jones: 'Soul Bossa Nova' (first performance at The Proms)

Juan García Esquivel: 'Mucha Muchacha' (first performance at The Proms)

Les Baxter: 'Quiet Village' (first performance at The Proms)

Burt Bacharach: 'Alfie' (first performance at The Proms)

Nicholas Roubanis: 'Misirlou' (first performance at The Proms)


Interval


Laurie Johnson: 'The Shake' (first performance at The Proms)

Morton Stevens: 'Hawaii Five-O' (first performance at The Proms)

Burt Bacharach:
(a) The Look of Love' (first performance at The Proms)
(b) 'Casino Royale' (first performance at The Proms)

Julius Wechter: 'Spanish Flea' (first performance at The Proms)

Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow: 'A Taste of Honey' (first performance at The Proms)

Michel Legrand: 'The Windmills of Your Mind' (first performance at The Proms)

Sid Ramin: 'Music to Watch Girls By' (first performance at The Proms)

Henry Mancini:
(i) 'Party Poop' (first performance at The Proms)
(j) Revenge of the Pink Panther - 'Hong Kong Fireworks'

Les Baxter: 'Shooting Star' (first performance at The Proms)

Burt Bacharach: 'This Guy’s in Love With You' (first performance at The Proms)

Les Baxter: 'Saturday Night on Saturn' (first performance at The Proms)

Juan García Esquivel: 'Whatchamacallit' (first performance at The Proms)

Burt Bacharach: 'What’s New Pussycat?' (first performance at The Proms)

Les Reed and Gordon Mills: 'It’s Not Unusual' (first performance at The Proms)

[Encore: Laurie Johnson: "Las Vegas" (first performance at The Proms)]


Rachel John, vocalist (Proms debut artist)
Monica Mancini, guest vocalist (Proms debut artist)
Oliver Tompsett, vocalist (Proms debut artist)
Freddie Benedict, backing vocals (Proms debut artist)
Kevin Fox, backing vocals (Proms debut artist)
Johanna Marshall, backing vocals (Proms debut artist)
Liz Swain, backing vocals (Proms debut artist)

Mel Giedroyc, presenter

BBC Concert Orchestra
Edwin Outwater, conductor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/efx84f

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-24/prom-57/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022c5m

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022njg

[muzzer]

Enjoying this greatly on bbc4, but the whole point of this music is escapism, there’s absolutely no need to have it fronted by Mel G tolling us back to the grim realities of the burbs. I could go on, but you get the general idea.

[Nick Armstrong]

Enjoying this greatly on bbc4, but the whole point of this music is escapism, there’s absolutely no need to have it fronted by Mel G tolling us back to the grim realities of the burbs. I could go on, but you get the general idea.

I’ve yet to watch the TV version but listened to the R3 broadcast this week - tentatively, at first, but was pleasantly surprised that at least a pro was doing the between-numbers patter, and not La Derham (who as far as I could see was billed as the presenter - no mention anywhere of Mel G). The latter was fun to start with but went on too long, I was glad of the ‘+20 seconds’ button…

But some enjoyable numbers - at last I know that the wonderfully slinky piece used in the film Sexy Beast is Mancini’s LUJON

[oddoneout]

I’ve yet to watch the TV version but listened to the R3 broadcast this week - tentatively, at first, but was pleasantly surprised that at least a pro was doing the between-numbers patter, and not La Derham (who as far as I could see was billed as the presenter - no mention anywhere of Mel G). The latter was fun to start with but went on too long, I was glad of the ‘+20 seconds’ button…

But some enjoyable numbers - at last I know that the wonderfully slinky piece used in the film Sexy Beast is Mancini’s LUJON

I listened live and very much enjoyed it; I mostly tuned out any talk, but I don't think it was that intrusive in any case. What surprised me was how much of the music was familiar, as the names on the programme didn't always ring any bells. Bit of a brain workout to sort out which TV programmes were involved, or how, in a household that seemed resolutely "classical/anti-popular, so much was familiar; it can't all have been independent listening once I had the means to do so from 18 on.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I listened live and very much enjoyed it; I mostly tuned out any talk, but I don't think it was that intrusive in any case. What surprised me was how much of the music was familiar, as the names on the programme didn't always ring any bells. Bit of a brain workout to sort out which TV programmes were involved, or how, in a household that seemed resolutely "classical/anti-popular, so much was familiar; it can't all have been independent listening once I had the means to do so from 18 on.

I enjoyed it but on a pedantic note the encore ‘Las Vegas “ may well have found reflected glory as the theme tune for the BBC navel -gazing self -indulgence* that was W1A* (according to the presenter Jess Gillam)

- but it’s real fame was as the theme tune for Animal Magic - shown in the days when the BBC made natural history programmes for children and children’s programming was on BBC One.

* the upper echelons are nothing like this and most of the meaningful work is done by the production and technical staff.

[oddoneout]

I enjoyed it but on a pedantic note the encore ‘Las Vegas “ may well have found reflected glory as the theme tune for the BBC navel -gazing self -indulgence* that was W1A* (according to the presenter Jess Gillam)

- but it’s real fame was as the theme tune for Animal Magic - shown in the days when the BBC made natural history programmes for children and children’s programming was on BBC One.

* the upper echelons are nothing like this and most of the meaningful work is done by the production and technical staff.

Have never watched W1A so when the music started I was immediately transported to happy days watching Animal Magic. I have a postcard from Johnny Morris thanking me for a picture I sent in - real handwritten stuff in those days...

[Nick Armstrong]

- [Las Vegas’s] real fame was as the theme tune for Animal Magic - shown in the days when the BBC made natural history programmes for children and children’s programming was on BBC One.

I’d overlooked / forgotten it was used for W1A - vivid memories of Animal Magic though

A favourite CD in the car back in the day when cars had such things () was this 2-disc set from 1996:



The number was on there….



… listed as “Animal Magic”!

[Nick Armstrong]

Enjoying this greatly on bbc4

I’ve now watched some of this - it reinforced the impression from the radio broadcast that the orchestra played magnificently and very idiomatically (even the vocalists were more or less spot-on)

Also, I was impressed by the unflashy precision of the conductor Edwin Outwater (a name new to me - both this bloke, and the unusual ‘Outwater’ generally..!)

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