BBC Proms 2024 - Prom 18 - Sam Smith (320kbps .mp3)
Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Simon Hale with singer Sam Smith perform their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour.
Ten years on from its original release, the album’s autobiographical tracks on the theme of unrequited love are reimagined with full orchestral support. In tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’, ‘Lay Me Down’ and other songs from Sam Smith’s later work, expect the singer’s unmatched voice and raw honesty to feature front and centre.
01. BBC Proms 2024 - Prom 18 - Sam Smith - Part 1 – debut solo album In the Lonely Hour
01a. Introduction to the Sam Smith Concert
01b. BBC Proms 2024 - Prom 18 - interval
Linton Stephens speaks to Sam Smith about performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and is joined by drag queen and singer Divina de Campo to discuss the links between queer pop and opera.
02. BBC Proms 2024 - Prom 18 - Sam Smith - Part 2 – greatest hits
Sam Smith (singer)
Ruth O’Mahony Brady (piano)
Ben Thomas (guitar)
Steve Pearce (bass)
Ralph Salmins (drums)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Simon Hale (conductor)
Presented by Linton Stephens, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
First broadcast: 2 August 2024