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BBC Proms: 2018: Prom 6: An American in Paris and Turangalila

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18/07/2018

Prom 6: An American in Paris and Turangalila

2018

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Live at the BBC Proms: Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Gershwin's An American in Paris and Messiaen's epic Turangalila Symphony.

Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Gershwin's An American in Paris and Messiaen's epic Turangalîla Symphony. 

From the Royal Albert Hall, London 
Presented by Penny Gore 

Gershwin: An American in Paris

c. 7.45
Interval: Proms Plus
In the centenary year of Leonard Bernstein's birth, the first in a series of talks exploring his life and work. Presenter Petroc Trelawny discusses Bernstein's legacy and his championship of contemporary music with conductor and keyboard player Wayne Marshall and Nigel Simeone, editor of 'The Leonard Bernstein Letters'. 

c. 20.05
Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony 

Angela Hewitt (piano)
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Gershwin's An American in Paris - a giddy, gloriously tuneful musical evocation of 1920s Paris - takes a stroll through the bustling City of Light, swept along by the jazz rhythms that were its throbbing pulse. The rhythmic impulse continues through Messiaen's hypnotic orchestral love song, the Turangalîla Symphony. Premiered by Leonard Bernstein in 1949, this Tristan and Isolde-inspired work is a celebration of sensual pleasure and boundless ecstasy.

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