Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London with Steven Osborne, piano, with a programme including Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue and Adams Harmonielehre.
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London with Steven Osborne, piano, with a programme including Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue and Adams Harmonielehre.
Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Wynton Marsalis: Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! (UK premiere)
Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid – suite
Samuel Barber: Adagio for strings
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (orch. GrofΓ©)
c. 8.05pm
INTERVAL: Composer, theatre director, lyricist and translator Jeremy Sams picks some plums from the week ahead at the Royal Albert Hall and shares his highlights with Ian Skelly.
c. 8.25pm
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
John Adams: Harmonielehre
Steven Osborne (piano)
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)
John Adams once dreamt of an oil tanker rising out of San Francisco Bay, soaring into the sky like a rocket. That dream prompted Harmonielehre, a luscious, churning score that fuses Minimalism and Wagnerism. The work concludes a programme of scintillating American classics from John Wilson and his all-star orchestra – including Copland’s ballet on the folk hero Billy the Kid, haunting pieces by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue (100 years old this year) and jazz living legend Wynton Marsalis’s brassy, swingy Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!
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Wynton Marsalis
Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid Suite
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Samuel Barber
Adagio for strings
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. -
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Duke Ellington
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Performer: Steven Osborne. -
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Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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John Adams
Harmonielehre
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Leroy Anderson
Fiddle Faddle
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Nulla in mundo pax RV.630 for soprano and orchestra
Performer: Julia Lezhneva. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
Broadcast
- Sun 4 Aug 2024 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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