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'''''Horrible Histories Prom''''' (televised as "Horrible Histories' Big Prom Party") was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British [[television series]] ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'', along with [[classical music]]. It was held on 30 July 2011 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], and was that year's children's entry in the [[BBC]]'s annual [[The Proms|Proms]] series. |
'''''Horrible Histories Prom''''' (televised as "Horrible Histories' Big Prom Party") was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British [[television series]] ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'', along with [[classical music]]. It was held on 30 July 2011 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], and was that year's children's entry in the [[BBC]]'s annual [[The Proms|Proms]] series. |
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Louise Fryer presented the concert for [[BBC Radio Three]] with the help of Rattus Rattus, the black rat puppet "host" of the TV series. The featured performers were the six-member starring cast of ''Horrible Histories'' ([[Mathew Baynton]], [[Simon Farnaby]], [[Martha Howe-Douglas]], [[Jim Howick]], [[Laurence Rickard]] and [[Ben Willbond]]), supported by the [[Aurora Orchestra]] with Nicholas Collon conducting. The Music Centre Children's Choir and Kids Company Choir served as chorus.<ref name="royalalberthall1">{{cite web|url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/production.aspx?id=16132 |title=Prom 20: Horrible Histories Free Family Prom |publisher=Royal Albert Hall |date= |accessdate=2013-12-19}}</ref> |
Louise Fryer presented the concert for [[BBC Radio Three]] with the help of Rattus Rattus, the black rat puppet "host" of the TV series. The featured performers were the six-member starring cast of ''Horrible Histories'' ([[Mathew Baynton]], [[Simon Farnaby]], [[Martha Howe-Douglas]], [[Jim Howick]], [[Laurence Rickard]] and [[Ben Willbond]]), supported by the [[Aurora Orchestra]] with Nicholas Collon conducting. The Music Centre Children's Choir and Kids Company Choir served as chorus.<ref name="royalalberthall1">{{cite web|url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/production.aspx?id=16132 |title=Prom 20: Horrible Histories Free Family Prom |publisher=Royal Albert Hall |date= |accessdate=2013-12-19}}</ref> Orchestral arrangements were made as needed by Iain Farrington.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012wgwz |title=BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2011 Season, Prom 20: Horrible Histories|work=BBC Programme Guide |date=30 July 2011 |accessdate=12 December 2013}} |
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The 65-minute televised version initially aired the following September. It featured a version of the concert edited to highlight the songs from the TV series, interspersed with snippets of the classical pieces and specially-shot linking sketches set in and around the concert hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/horrible_histories/episodes/2011/1/|work=[[British Comedy Guide]]|title=Horrible Histories' Big Prom Party|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> |
The 65-minute televised version initially aired the following September. It featured a version of the concert edited to highlight the songs from the TV series, interspersed with snippets of the classical pieces and specially-shot linking sketches set in and around the concert hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/horrible_histories/episodes/2011/1/|work=[[British Comedy Guide]]|title=Horrible Histories' Big Prom Party|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> |
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==Setlist== |
==Setlist== |
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The concert was presented in two parts divided by an interval. As a general theme, songs from the TV series were paired with a classical piece composed in or otherwise relating to that historical era.<ref |
The concert was presented in two parts divided by an interval. As a general theme, songs from the TV series were paired with a classical piece composed in or otherwise relating to that historical era.<ref name="BBC1"> Various comic interludes spotlighted notable moments in musical history. Several recurring characters and concepts from the series, including reporter Bob Hale, King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and the [[Grim Reaper]] from "Stupid Deaths", made appearances. |
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Revision as of 23:32, 6 April 2014
Horrible Histories Prom (televised as "Horrible Histories' Big Prom Party") was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British television series Horrible Histories, along with classical music. It was held on 30 July 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was that year's children's entry in the BBC's annual Proms series.
Louise Fryer presented the concert for BBC Radio Three with the help of Rattus Rattus, the black rat puppet "host" of the TV series. The featured performers were the six-member starring cast of Horrible Histories (Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond), supported by the Aurora Orchestra with Nicholas Collon conducting. The Music Centre Children's Choir and Kids Company Choir served as chorus.[1] Orchestral arrangements were made as needed by Iain Farrington.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Setlist
The concert was presented in two parts divided by an interval. As a general theme, songs from the TV series were paired with a classical piece composed in or otherwise relating to that historical era.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Benedict Brogan also gave the show 4/5 stars, saying that "the clever touch was to bracket each sketch and song with a smartly chosen selection of classical greatest hits, which the Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon ripped out with élan." He further praised the show's accessibility, noting that "Children who came to see their television heroes were cunningly exposed to music that might in future sound familiar, not frightening."[2]
References
- ^ "Prom 20: Horrible Histories Free Family Prom". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ Brogan, Benedict (1 August 2011). "Prom 20: Horrible Histories, Albert Hall, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2013.