Prom 32 (part 1): Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic under Eric Whitacre. Jonathan Newman: Blow It Up, Start Again. Whitacre: The River Cam; Cloudburst. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (with Martin James Bartlett).
Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Eric Whitacre with Martin James Bartlett and Leonard Elschenbroich in a programme of Whitacre, Newman, Gershwin and Copland.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Fiona Talkington
Jonathan Newman: Blow It Up, Start Again (European premiere)
Eric Whitacre: The River Cam
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grof茅)
4.20 pm INTERVAL
4.40 pm
Copland: Quiet City
Eric Whitacre: Equus
Eric Whitacre: Deep Field (大象传媒 co-commission) (European premiere)
Martin James Bartlett (piano)
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
大象传媒 Singers
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Whitacre (conductor)
Eric Whitacre's new work Deep Field is inspired by images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope - and offers the audience a chance to participate in a novel way. In his popular Cloudburst, too, you can help create the sound of rain falling. Plus, American classics by Copland and Gershwin.
This prom will be repeated on Tuesday 18th August at 2pm.
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Jonathan Newman
Blow It Up, Start Again
Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Orchestra: RPO. -
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Eric Whitacre
The River Cam
Orchestra: RPO. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. -
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Eric Whitacre
Cloudburst
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers and 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. -
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grof茅)
Orchestra: RPO. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
Broadcast
- Sun 9 Aug 2015 15:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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