Wed 8 Aug 2018

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Film-maker and biographer Humphrey Burton explores Aaron Copland's influence on Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein, in conversation with musicologist Heather Wiebe.

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• 19:00

  Prom 34: Barber, Britten & Copland

  Royal Albert Hall

  This transatlantic programme from Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic pairs Britten’s evocative Sea Interludes and his exquisite orchestral song-cycle Les Illuminations with music by their American colleagues and contemporaries Copland and Barber.

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  This transatlantic programme from Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic pairs Britten’s evocative Sea Interludes and his exquisite orchestral song-cycle Les Illuminations with music by their American colleagues and contemporaries Copland and Barber.

  Programme

  • • • William Walton
      • Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’(7 mins)
    • • Aaron Copland
      • Connotations for Orchestra(19 mins)
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Les illuminations(23 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Samuel Barber
      • Antony and Cleopatra(18 mins)Two Scenes
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’(16 mins)

  Performers

  • Sally Matthews

    soprano
    soprano
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Juanjo Mena

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • William Walton
  • Aaron Copland
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Samuel Barber

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• 22:15

  Prom 35: New York: Sound of a City

  Royal Albert Hall

  Celebrating the music of a modern New York, the Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley present the sound of NYC. With guest artists drawn from across the Big Apple, expect anything from pagan-gospel and disco-punk to feminist rap or DIY indie.

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