麻豆社

Live at 麻豆社 Proms: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Gershwin's An American in Paris and Messiaen's epic Turangal卯la Symphony.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore

Gershwin: An American in Paris

c. 7.45
Interval: Proms Plus
In the centenary year of Leonard Bernstein's birth, the first in a series of talks exploring his life and work. Presenter Petroc Trelawny discusses Bernstein's legacy and his championship of contemporary music with conductor and keyboard player Wayne Marshall and Nigel Simeone, editor of 'The Leonard Bernstein Letters'.

c. 20.05
Messiaen: Turangal卯la Symphony

Angela Hewitt (piano)
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Gershwin's An American in Paris - a giddy, gloriously tuneful musical evocation of 1920s Paris - takes a stroll through the bustling City of Light, swept along by the jazz rhythms that were its throbbing pulse. The rhythmic impulse continues through Messiaen's hypnotic orchestral love song, the Turangal卯la Symphony. Premiered by Leonard Bernstein in 1949, this Tristan and Isolde-inspired work is a celebration of sensual pleasure and boundless ecstasy.