BBC Proms: Ellington's Sacred Music

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Highlights from the Duke Ellington's Sacred Music Prom

Ellington's Sacred Music

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A Proms premiere inspired by Duke Ellington's three sacred concerts.

In a Proms premiere, the Nu Civilisation Orchestra, conducted by Peter Edwards, re-imagine Duke Ellington's three sacred concerts.

Cerys Matthews introduces an evening of jazz, gospel and Broadway-style music inspired by Duke Ellington's three sacred concerts. In a Proms premiere, Peter Edwards conducts the Nu Civilisation Orchestra in a new version of these landmark works, written originally between 1965 and 1973.

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