BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 19 Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra
A trio of works from America. Copland's great Third Symphony - with its portrayal of the wide, open spaces of North America - includes a striking reprise of the classic Fanfare for the Common Man at the start of the last movement. The symphony dates from the end of the Second World War and captures something of the sense of optimism of the American people at the time. From 25 years earlier, though sounding far more recent, comes Edgard Varèse's Amériques, whose title, he claimed, was 'symbolic of discoveries, of new worlds on Earth, in the sky or in the minds of men'; the first work that the Frenchman completed after arriving in New York, this still strikingly original score was premiered in Philadelphia by Leopold Stokowski. So too was Rachmaninov's Fourth (and last) Piano Concerto, also composed in the USA, where the composer had settled after leaving Russia in 1917. Rachmaninov himself was the soloist at the 1927 premiere; tonight it's the fearlessly virtuosic Boris Berezovsky.
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First Air Date: Sep 06, 1947
Last Air date: Dec 24, 2024
Season: 78 Season
Episode: 381 Episode
Runtime: 180 minutes
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Language: English
Keyword : classical music, concert film
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Prom 01 - First Night of the Proms 2009
Prom 9
Prom 10 - Orchestra National de Lyon
Prom 12 - 1934
Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn
Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann
Prom 22 - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
Prom 29 - Mendelssohns Italian Symphony
Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra
Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights
Prom 47: Handel's Samson
Prom 48: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan
Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio
Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin
Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night
Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra
Prom 64: Jurowski & London Philharmonic
Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Prom 53: Composers of the Year
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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