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18 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2018 Prom 6: An American in Paris & °Õ³Ü°ù²¹²Ô²µ²¹±ôî±ô²¹

Prom 6
Prom 6: An American in Paris & °Õ³Ü°ù²¹²Ô²µ²¹±ôî±ô²¹
19:30 Wed 18 Jul 2018 Prom 6
³Ò±ð°ù²õ³ó·É¾±²Ô’s irrepressibly jazzy An American in Paris and Messiaen’s by turns hypnotic and orgiastic °Õ³Ü°ù²¹²Ô²µ²¹±ôî±ô²¹ Symphony come together in this musical celebration of Paris. Pianist Angela Hewitt and ondes martenot player Cynthia Millar join the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO.
³Ò±ð°ù²õ³ó·É¾±²Ô’s irrepressibly jazzy An American in Paris and Messiaen’s by turns hypnotic and orgiastic °Õ³Ü°ù²¹²Ô²µ²¹±ôî±ô²¹ Symphony come together in this musical celebration of Paris. Pianist Angela Hewitt and ondes martenot player Cynthia Millar join the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO.

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³Ò±ð°ù²õ³ó·É¾±²Ô’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 °Õ³Ü°ù²¹²Ô²µ²¹±ôî±ô²¹ Symphony. Premiered by Leonard Bernstein in 1949, this Tristan and Isolde-inspired work is a celebration of sensual pleasure and boundless ecstasy.

Image: Angela Hewitt © Bernd Eberle