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Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats: Prom 32: Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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18/08/2015

Prom 32: Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Proms 2015 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2015 Repeats, Prom 32: Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays Eric Whitacre, Jonathan Newman Gershwin and Copland

A Prom in which Eric Whitacre conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his own music including Deep Field, plus Gershwin, Copland and Jonathan Newman.

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore.

Another chance to hear Eric Whitacre conducting his own music, including the European premiere of his Deep Field, a work inspired by images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, plus works by Gershwin, Copland and a European premiere by Jonathan Newman.

Presented by Fiona Talkington from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

2pm:
Jonathan Newman: Blow It Up, Start Again (European premiere)

2.05pm:
Eric Whitacre: The River Cam

2.15pm:
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst

2.20pm:
Gershwin, orch. Grofe: Rhapsody in Blue

2.40pm:
Copland: Quiet City

2.50pm:
Eric Whitacre: Equus

3.00pm:
Eric Whitacre: Deep Field (BBC co-commission: European premiere)

Martin James Bartlett (piano)
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Whitacre (conductor)

Eric Whitacre's new work Deep Field is inspired by images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope - and offers the audience a chance to participate in a novel way. In his popular Cloudburst, too, you can help create the sound of rain falling. Plus, American classics by Copland and Gershwin.

[First heard on 9th August]

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats

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.

Another chance to hear concerts from the 2015 BBC Proms season

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