BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 08: 800th Anniversary of Cambridge University - Part 2

Presented by Tom Service. The celebration of Cambridge University's 800th anniversary continues, with music by Jonathan Harvey and Judith Weir, who studied at Cambridge, and Camille Saint-Saens, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 1893. Thomas Trotter (organ) Choirs of King's and St John's colleges (Harvey and Weir) Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius, and Trinity colleges (Stanford only) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor, Stanford and Saint-Saens) Stephen Cleobury (conductor, Weir only) Andrew Nethsingha (conductor, Harvey only) Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A Jonathan Harvey: Come, Holy Ghost Judith Weir: Ascending into Heaven Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ).