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Afternoon Concert: 14/08/2008

14/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 14/08/2008

BBC Proms 2008: Gershwin, Stravinsky, Bernstein, plus new works by Simcock and Yarde.

Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2008: Works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, plus new compositions by Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde. Chamber Music: Bach.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

BBC Proms 2008

A jazz-infused concert given at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, plus new compositions by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde.

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Gwilym Simcock (piano)
Phil Donkin (bass)
Martin France (drums)
Jason Yarde (saxophone)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
Gershwin, arr. Jason Yarde: My man's gone now (Porgy and Bess) (BBC commission; world premiere)
Jason Yarde: Rhythm and Other Fascinations (BBC commission; world premiere)
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Gwilym Simcock: Progressions for piano and orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere)
Gershwin: An American in Paris

Chamber Music

Bach: Partita No 1
Martin Helmchen (piano)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Jacques Loussier Trio

Bach: English Suite No 2
Martin Helmchen (piano).

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