MUMBAI: Since winning his award, Alexander has worked with a host of music royalty including disco legend Nile Rodgers and drum & bass producers Rudimental. He has performed live with Newton Faulkner and also featured on the first ever BBC Music Awards, broadcast on BBC One and BBC Radio One.
Alexander will join Welsh operatic soprano Rebecca Evans and West End and Broadway singing star John Owen-Jones for a glittering evening of music and song. They will perform with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, led by conductor Gareth Jones.
BBC Cymru Wales Executive Editor of Music, Paul Bullock, says: “BBC Wales has been home to BBC Young Musician since 2008. The last competition saw us introduce a brand-new award for jazz musicians. It produced a wonderful final and we are very excited to welcome Alexander Bone – the first ever winner of the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award – to perform at this year’s BBC Proms in the Park.”
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A wealth of talent will kick-off the celebrations with acts including The Valli Boys, returning to Singleton Park again this year. Created by Jersey Boys star Ben Evans from Hendy near Pontardulais, The Valli Boys are a group formed of the best of West End talent who have performed in over 30 different shows between them.
The Valli Boys will be joined by south Wales-based traditional jazz band The Dixilanders. The band, who have appeared on S4C’s drama Pobol y Cwm, will be sure to get the evening’s celebrations off to a toe-tapping start.
The evening will be presented by Alex Jones, who hails from Ammanford, and Tim Rhys-Evans of Only Men Aloud fame, who will host the spectacular evening supported by the City and County of Swansea.
Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea Council’s Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development and Regeneration, said: “BBC Proms in the Park is always a fantastic concert. It doesn’t just allow people to enjoy some of the biggest names from the world of classical music and opera – it also gives a platform for local musicians to perform in front of thousands in a stunning setting.
“Swansea Bay talent has contributed so much to music over the years. BBC Proms in the Park is another opportunity for local talent to put Swansea on the map as a leading city of music across the UK and beyond.”
The event in Swansea is part of the Last Night of the Proms celebration, which radiates out from the Royal Albert Hall to embrace all four nations of the UK on Saturday 12 September, with Last Night events in Hyde Park, London, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The BBC Proms is the world’s largest classical music festival, with 92 events in 2015 across eight weeks.
Music lovers are invited to come with picnics and flags to celebrate at this open-air concert. The evening will culminate in the traditional sing-along with parks across the UK. And this year, BBC Proms in the Park will be celebrating 50 years of The Sound of Music on film.
Proms-goers can also capture the atmosphere from the comfort of their own home, with live coverage from Singleton Park on BBC Radio Wales or on the website.
