Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 7: Bernstein on Broadway and Beyond

27 Aug 2018, Cadogan Hall

13:00 Mon 27 Aug 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 7

13:00 Mon 27 Aug 2018 Cadogan Hall

The Bernstein centenary celebrations continue with the UK premiere of unfinished ballet Conch Town 鈥� source for West Side Story鈥檚 'America'. Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta serves up plenty of musical wit in the composer鈥檚 quirky song-cycle La bonne cuisine.

Programme

- - Leonard Bernstein
  - La bonne cuisine(5 mins)
- - Bushra El-Turk
  - Cr猫me Br没l茅e on a Tree(5 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere
- - Leonard Bernstein
  - Fancy Free 鈥� 'Big Stuff'(3 mins)
  - Conch Town(12 mins)(completed by Tom Owen and Nigel Simeone) UK premiere
- - Aaron Copland
  - Pastorale(3 mins)
- - Samuel Barber
  - Hermit Songs, Op. 29 鈥� 鈥楽ea Snatch鈥�; 鈥楾he Monk and His Cat鈥�(3 mins)
- - Marc Blitzstein
  - Modest Maid鈥�; 鈥楽tay in My Arms鈥�(4 mins)
- - Stephen Sondheim
  - A Little Night Music 鈥撀�'The Miller's Son'(4 mins)
- - Leonard Bernstein
  - Trouble in Tahiti 鈥� 'What a Movie!'(3 mins)

Performers

Wallis Giunta
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Michael Sikich
piano
piano
Iain Farrington
piano
piano
Toby Kearney
percussion
percussion
Owen Gunnell
percussion
percussion

Composers

About This Event

Our Bernstein series continues with a recital of gems by Bernstein and his associates.

The concert also features a new song by British-Lebanese composer Bushra El-Turk, written in response to Bernstein鈥檚 witty recipe settings, La bonne cuisine.

Scored for two pianos and percussion, the early, unfinished ballet Conch Town 鈥� containing the song now better known as 鈥楢merica鈥� in West Side Story 鈥� has now been completed using other material by Bernstein.

Image: Wallis Giunta 漏 Michael Edwards