Prom 30: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London. A Prom of 20th-century Americana featuring works by Michael Torke, as well as Adams, Bernstein and Ellington.
Presented by Geoffrey Smith, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
A concert of 20th-century Americana featuring the 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Kristjan Jarvi. To mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing tonight, Jarvi launches the programme with Michael Torke's Javelin, written for the 1994 games, which is followed by John Adams's evocation of Richard Nixon's visit to China in the 1970s.
Young cellist Han-Na Chang joins the orchestra for Three Mediations from Bernstein's personal and thought-provoking theatre piece Mass, while New York finally comes to town with a jazz work by Duke Ellington.
Han-Na Chang (cello)
蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)
Michael Torke: Javelin
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
Bernstein: Three Meditations (Mass)
Ellington: Harlem.
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- Fri 8 Aug 2008 22:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
- Tue 23 Dec 2008 21:15蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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