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Prom 21: Adams, Copland and Skye (Part 2)

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2023

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and conductor Ryan Bancroft perform John Adams's Harmonium in the second half of their all-American programme.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and conductor Ryan Bancroft perform John Adams's Harmonium in the second half of their all-American programme.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

John Adams: Harmonium

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

In the first of two consecutive concerts this week, the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft present an all-American Prom. Two poems by Emily Dickinson provide the starting point for Harmonium, one of John Adams’s most powerful works for chorus and orchestra. Propulsive, motoric urgency gives way briefly to blissful waves of sound, before a blazing conclusion. Jazz runs through the veins of Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, commissioned by β€˜King of Swing’ Benny Goodman and performed here with soloist Annelien Van Wauwe. The concert opens with a world premiere from Los Angeles-based composer Derrick Skye, whose music has been described as β€˜deliciously head-spinning’.

1 hour, 24 minutes

Last on

Mon 31 Jul 2023 20:35
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Adams

    Harmonium

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": I. Vivace, ma non troppo

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Angela Yoffe.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op..
    • BIS.
    • 201.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": II. Adagio

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Angela Yoffe.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op..
    • BIS.
    • 202.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": III. Allegro molto moderato

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Angela Yoffe.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op..
    • BIS.
    • 203.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Wood (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Mark Simpson.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Jul 2023 20:35
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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