Horrible Histories Big Prom Party (2011 partially found Television broadcast)

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.

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, including ones with Rattus Rattus explaining the a historical link to certain pieces.

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.[2] Various comic interludes spotlighted notable moments in musical history. Several recurring characters and concepts from the series, including reporter Bob Hale, King Henry VIII and the Grim Reaper from "Stupid Deaths", made appearances.

Part 1

 * 1) "Sunrise (Fanfare)" from Also sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss
 * 2) "Horrible Histories Theme Tune"
 * 3) HHTV News: Bob Hale presents the Orchestra Report
 * 4) "The 4 Georges: Born 2 Rule" (from Horrible Histories, S01E01)
 * 5) Interlude: George II discusses the role of the conductor with Nicholas Collon
 * 6) Danse macabre (excerpt) - Camille Saint-Saëns
 * 7) Interlude: A peasant couple offer the latest "scientific" cures for the Black Death
 * 8) "The Plague Song" (from S01E07)
 * 9) Interlude: Life under the feudal system
 * 10) "The Truth About Richard III" (S03E06)
 * 11) "The Death of Tybalt" from Romeo and Juliet - Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
 * 12) Fantasia on Greensleeves (excerpt) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
 * 13) Interlude: Henry VIII discusses his marital history
 * 14) "The Wives of Henry VIII: Divorced, Beheaded, Died" (S01E02)
 * 15) "March to the Scaffold" from Symphonie fantastique - Hector Berlioz
 * 16) "Charles II: King of Bling" (S02E02)
 * 17) "La réjouissance" from Music for the Royal Fireworks -George Frederic Handel

Part 2

 * 1) Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs - Jean-Baptiste Lully


 * 1) Stupid Deaths: Jean-Baptiste Lully
 * 2) Interlude: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig von Beethoven argue over who most deserves the title of Greatest Composer Who Ever Lived
 * 3) Overture from The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * 4) Interlude: George IV discusses his tumultuous political and marital history
 * 5) "George IV: Couldn't Stand My Wife" (S02E05)
 * 6) "Wedding March" from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpt) - Felix Mendelssohn
 * 7) Interlude: Queen Victoria cannot perform; Cleopatra steps in at the last minute
 * 8) "Ra Ra Cleopatra" (S03E04)
 * 9) "The Ages of Stone" (S03E09)
 * 10) "Sacrificial Dance” from The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky
 * 11) Interlude: A (musical) band of Viking warriors invade the hall and head for the stage
 * 12) "Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre - Richard Wagner
 * 13) "Literally (The Viking Song)" (S02E01)