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Symphonic Jazz and Dances
Highlights from the 2025 season of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms.
Clarinet virtuoso Martin Frost lends his artistry to a lively jazz concerto written by Artie Shaw, one of the finest clarinettists of the 20th century. Just a few months before Shaw’s concerto was included in the score of a Fred Astaire Hollywood comedy, Sergey Rachmaninov completed his final masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances, on the opposite coast of the United States. Both works are infused with the spirit of dance: boogie-woogie in the Shaw, waltz in the Rachmaninov.
Broadcast programme:
Artie Shaw - Clarinet Concerto
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
Performers:
Martin Frost, clarinet; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
On radio
Sat 9 Aug 2025
18:06GMT
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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- Sat 9 Aug 2025 18:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 10 Aug 2025 08:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Australasia, South Asia & East Asia only
- Sun 10 Aug 2025 11:06GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service except Australasia, East Asia & South Asia