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Afternoon Concert: Prom 6 repeat: An American in Paris and Turangalila

Tom McKinney - R3 Presenter

20/07/2018

Prom 6 repeat: An American in Paris and Turangalila

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 6 repeat: An American in Paris and Turangalila

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, perform Gershwin's An American in Paris and Messiaen's epic Turangalila Symphony.

Afternoon Concert with Tom McKinney

Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Gershwin's An American in Paris and Messiaen's epic Turangalîla Symphony. 

Presented by Penny Gore from the Royal Albert Hall, London 

Gershwin: An American in Paris

c. 2.15pm 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. 2.35pm
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.

Followed by recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

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