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Proms 2024
4 Aug 2024, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2024 Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

Prom 21
Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson
19:00 Sun 4 Aug 2024 Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

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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!.

Broadcast live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

Broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four and ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer tonight

John Wilson © Astrid Ackermann