American Classics

Live at the BBC Proms: the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted Marin Alsop in a programme of American classic including Bernstein’s West Side Story.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – Suite
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé / arr. Marcus Roberts)

Interval: Pianist Allyson Devenish joins Ian Skelly live at the Royal Albert Hall to look ahead to her pick of upcoming Proms.

Jerome Moross: The Big Country – Prelude
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’
William Grant Still: Three Visions – No. 2: Summerland
Bernstein: On the Town – Three Dance Episodes

Marcus Roberts Trio
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

An all-American celebration, from the urban rhythms of Bernstein’s West Side Story and On the Town to Copland’s barn dances and Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue. To these are added all-American landscapes in The Big Country and Appalachian Spring, as well as a fanfare dedicated to tonight’s conductor, Marin Alsop.