大象传媒

Mon 27 Aug 2018

• 13:00

  Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 7

  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.

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  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

  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Bushra El-Turk
  • Aaron Copland
  • Samuel Barber
  • Marc Blitzstein
  • Stephen Sondheim

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• 16:15

  Prom 59: Relaxed Prom

  Royal Albert Hall

  James Redwood and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra present a Relaxed Prom with music by Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Holst. All are welcome 鈥� adults and children, those with autism, learning disabilities, dementia and sensory impairments.

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• 18:15

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  An examination of W. H. Auden鈥檚 1947 poem The Age of Anxiety (which was set by Leonard Bernstein) with poets Glyn Maxwell and Polly Clark. Hosted by Matthew Sweet.

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• 20:00

  Prom 60: Marin Alsop & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

  Royal Albert Hall

  Bernstein-prot茅g茅e Marin Alsop returns to the Proms with one of the great American symphony orchestras to perform a politically charged programme that includes Shostakovich鈥檚 Fifth Symphony alongside Bernstein鈥檚 own Second Symphony.

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  Bernstein-prot茅g茅e Marin Alsop returns to the Proms with one of the great American symphony orchestras to perform a politically charged programme that includes Shostakovich鈥檚 Fifth Symphony alongside Bernstein鈥檚 own Second Symphony.

  Programme

  • • • Leonard Bernstein
      • Slava! (A Political Overture)(4 mins)
      • Symphony No 2 'The Age of Anxiety'(35 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No. 5 in D minor(51 mins)

  Performers

  • Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet

    piano
    piano
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Marin Alsop

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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