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Simon Rattle conducts Gershwin

An all-American programme from Simon Rattle and the LSO, featuring Gershwin's Piano Concerto (with Kirill Gerstein), Harris's Symphony No 3, and a world premiere by John Adams.

Simon Rattle, Conductor Emeritus of the LSO, has a long history with John Adams, a composer praised and admired by both critics and audiences. Any new work he produces soon shows up in concert halls around the world, and tonight is the chance to hear Frenzy for the very first time.

Roy Harris’s Third Symphony is a miniature epic, offering up a rather tragic glimpse of dust bowl-era America, while George Gershwin paints a more cheery picture of life 'across the pond', transporting us to the roaring twenties in his jazzy Piano Concerto, complete with Charleston rhythms. Listen out for some of his best-known tunes in two musical theatre overtures.

Recorded at London's Barbican Hall, 3rd March 2024
Presented by Georgia Mann

George Gershwin arr Don Rose: Overture - Let β€˜em Eat Cake
George Gershwin ed Timothy Freeze: Piano Concerto in F

Interval

Roy Harris: Symphony No 3
John Adams: Frenzy (world premiere)
George Gershwin arr Don Rose: Overture - Strike Up the Band

Kirill Gerstein (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Thu 28 Mar 2024 19:30
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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Overture - Let 'em Eat Cake

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • George Gershwin

    Concerto in F

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Thomas AdΓ¨s

    Movements III & IV from Powder Her Face - Concert Paraphrase

    Performer: Thomas Adès. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.

  • Roy Harris

    Symphony No.3

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • John Adams

    Frenzy

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • George Gershwin

    Overture - Strike Up The Band

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Singer: Harriet Colley. Singer: Jessica Wallington. Singer: Nicholas Morrell. Singer: Stefan Berkieta. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Judith Weir

    Vertue

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Judith Weir - Choral Music.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 3-5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Mar 2024 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3