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2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season: Prom 45

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 45: Part 2: Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera

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Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera

Part 2 Part 2: Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2012, Prom 45, Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera

Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop in Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera.

Marin Alsop leads the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man. Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Villa-Lobos: Momoprecoce. Ginastera: Estancia.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Louise Fryer

Marin Alsop & the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra with music from both American hemispheres, including Dvorák's ever-popular New World Symphony and works by Villa-Lobos, Joan Tower and Ginastera.

Music from America North and South features tonight. First the masterpiece through which the Bohemian Dvorák, resident in New York, sought to establish an American musical identity, a symphony exuding nostalgia for his own native woods and fields.

Later comes Copland's iconic Fanfare and highlights from Ginastera's best-known score. Joan Tower, whose childhood was spent partly in Bolivia, celebrates 'women who take risks and are adventurous', while distinguished Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire returns to the Proms to play one of Villa-Lobos's most attractive compositions.

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Villa-Lobos: Momoprécoce
Ginastera: Estancia - suite

Nelson Freire (piano)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Thursday 30 August at 2.00pm.

BBC Proms: 2012

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 45

Prom 45

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 118th season of the BBC Proms.

Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak, Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos and Ginastera

Marin Alsop conducts the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra in a programme of music from both American hemispheres, by Dvorak, Copland, Joan Tower, Villa-Lobos and Ginastera

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