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Sun 4 Aug 2024

• 19:00

  Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

  Royal Albert Hall

  John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

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  John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

  Programme

  • • • Wynton Marsalis
      • Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!(6 mins)UK premiere
    • • Aaron Copland
      • Billy the Kid – suite(21 mins)
    • • Samuel Barber
      • Adagio for strings(8 mins)
    • • George Gershwin
      • Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé)(17 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Charles Ives
      • The Unanswered Question(6 mins)
    • • John Adams
      • Harmonielehre(42 mins)

  Performers

  • Ed Liebrecht

    conductor
    conductor
  • Steven Osborne

    piano
    piano
  • Sinfonia of London
  • John Wilson

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Wynton Marsalis
  • Aaron Copland
  • Samuel Barber
  • George Gershwin
  • Charles Ives
  • John Adams

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