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Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

Live at the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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. Grofé)

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!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Wynton Marsalis

    Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid Suite

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for strings

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
  • Duke Ellington

    Things Ain't What They Used To Be

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • Charles Ives

    The Unanswered Question

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Fiddle Faddle

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • 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..
    • 00028948338788.
  • 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 19:00

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