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Highlights from the BBC Proms, the UK's greatest classical music festival

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Memorable performances from the Proms season of classical concerts, recorded in the unique atmosphere of the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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Bernstein's score for the film On the Waterfront and Copland's stirring Lincoln Portrait

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with Bernstein's On the Waterfront suite and Copland's Lincoln Portrait

BERNSTEIN: On the Waterfront  - symphonic suite    
COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait  
BERNSTEIN: Candide - overture      

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée conductor
 
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with Music Director Louis Langrée, bringing works by two celebrated American composers. Bernstein’s symphonic suite drawn from his soundtrack to On the Waterfront is a cinematic journey through the docks of post-war New Jersey, telling the story of one man’s heroic fight against corruption and intimidation.
Commissioned by the Cincinnati Orchestra during the Second World War, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait sets some of greatest speeches by the 16th American President against a stirring orchestral tone-poem. BBC Radio 3's Andrew McGregor and Mark Lowther introduce the concert.

Photo: Actor Charles Dance and Music Director/ conductor Louis Langrée with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. (Chris Christodoulou/ BBC)

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