BBC Proms 2019. Prom 54: Duke Ellington's Sacred Music

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BBC Proms: 2019: Prom 54: Duke Ellington's Sacred Music

Prom 54: Duke Ellington's Sacred Music

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Live BBC Proms. BBC Singers and Nu Civilisation Orchestra conducted by Peter Edwards.

Live at the BBC Proms. The BBC Singers and Nu Civilisation Orchestra, conducted by Peter Edwards, premiere a brand-new 'Sacred Concert' with music by Duke Ellington.

Live at BBC Proms: The BBC Singers, Nu Civilisation Orchestra, conducted by Peter Edwards premiere a brand-new Sacred Concert with music from Duke Ellington. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Georgia Mann. 

Sacred Music by Duke Ellington 

Monty Alexander - piano
Annette Walker - tap dancer 
BBC Singers Carleen Anderson and the UK Vocal Assembly
Nu Civilisation Orchestra Peter Edwards - conductor 

Jazz, showbiz swagger and spirituality come together as never before in Duke Ellington’s spectacular Sacred Concerts. Described by Ellington himself as ‘the most important thing I have ever done’, these sacred revues, blending big-band jazz, gospel and Broadway-style melodies, bring all the legendary musician’s originality and energy to Christian subjects, and generated three critically acclaimed, boundary-crossing albums. Drawing on these, the Proms premieres a brand-new Sacred Concert – an exhilarating evening of dance, song and spectacle. There will be no interval

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