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Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop, conductor at the 2013 Last Night of the Proms, introduces music that has defined her life in music so far, including Bernstein, Mahler, Brahms and Beethoven.

Earlier this month Marin Alsop conducted the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Proms and she is set to make history by becoming the first female conductor of the famous Last Night next week. Saturday Classics continues its series featuring artists from this year's festival as Marin guides us through a selection of pieces that have defined her life in music so far, including works by Bernstein, Mahler, Brahms and Beethoven.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 31 Aug 2013 18:00

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic dances from 'West Side story'

    • Sony Classical.
    • SMK47529.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein Deutsches requiem 鈥 Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen

    • Naxos.
    • 8.5572996.
    • -4.
  • Christopher Rouse

    Rapture

    • BIS.
    • CD1586.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in B flat major Op.130 鈥 Cavatina

    • DECCA.
    • 4708492.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic dances Op.45 鈥 final movement

    • DECCA.
    • 4307332.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no. 9 - Adagio

    • CBS.
    • M3K42200.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Forest of the Amazon - Epilogo

    • BIS.
    • SACD1660.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide 鈥 Make our Garden Grow

    • New World.
    • NW3403412.
  • James P. Johnson

    Victory stride for orchestra

    • NIMBUS.
    • NI2745.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Aug 2013 18:00

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