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Prom 57: John Wilson conducts Bernstein's On the Town

Live at 大象传媒 Proms: John Wilson conducts Bernstein's On the Town, with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Live at 大象传媒 Proms: John Wilson conducts Bernstein's On the Town, with the London Symphony Orchestra

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Bernstein: On the Town

Gabey: Nathaniel Hackmann
Hildy: Louise Dearman
Chip: Fra Fee
Ozzie: Nadim Naaman
Claire de Loone: Celinde Schoenmaker
Judge Pitkin: Barnaby Rea
Ivy Smith: Siena Kelly
Madame Dilly: Claire Moore
Narrator: Kerry Shale

London Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor
Martin Duncan, Stage Director

INTERVAL:
Proms Plus Event: Louise Fryer talks to pianist Jason Carr and Broadway expert Edward Seckerson about Bernstein's On The Town.

Launching a Bernstein bank-holiday weekend on what would have been the composer鈥檚 100th birthday, John Wilson conducts Bernstein鈥檚 hit Broadway musical On The Town, which follows the adventures of three sailors on shore leave in 1944.

2 hours, 44 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Aug 2018 19:30

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the Town

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Christine Pendrill. Performer: Maurice Murphy. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • EMI.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring Suite for orchestra

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Aug 2018 19:30

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