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Today’s Classical Live includes another chance to hear last Sunday night’s Prom featuring pianist Steven Osborne and Sinfonia of London conducted by John Wilson.

The programme includes scintillating American classics from John Wilson and his all-star orchestra – including Copland’s ballet on the folk hero Billy the Kid, haunting pieces by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue (100 years old this year) and jazz living legend Wynton Marsalis’ brassy, swingy Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!.

To start today’s Classical Live, there will be exclusively recorded performances from the Edinburgh International Festival. Schola Cantorum de Venezuela perform Latin American choral works inspired by the Christian tradition, directed by Maria Guinand.

From the Edinburgh International Festival introduced by Stephen Broad:

Alberto Grau
Kasar mie la gaji

Calixto Alvarez
Lacrymosa from Requiem de Osun

Alberto Ginastera
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
- O vos omnes
- Recordare

James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn

Alberto Grau
The Lamenttions of Jeremiah
- O vos omnes Grau

Beatriz Bilbao
La Fiesta de San Juan

R. Murray Schaefer
Magic Songs

Vasallos del Sol arr. Jesús Rondón
Cantos de mi tierra
Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
Maria Guinand (director)

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From the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms:

Wynton Marsalis
Herald, Holler and Hallelujah

Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid Suite

Samuel Barber
Adagio for strings
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Steven Osborne (piano)
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)

John Adams
Harmonielehre
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)

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