BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 57: Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky - Prom 57 - Repeat

Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which the New York Philharmonic and its music director Lorin Maazel perform a work jointly commissioned from Steven Stucky by the orchestra and the BBC. This is followed by a performance of Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Stravinsky's seminal ballet The Rite of Spring. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co-commission) Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Plus a look at a Proms Chamber Music concert from 1997 and a concert by Polyphony: PLAINCHANT.SOLESMES: Magnificat - tonus peregrinus POLYPHONY PART, Arvo: 7 Advent (Magnificat) antiphons for chorus [4-9 vv] POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: Six dukes went a-fishin' - folksong vers. for mixed voices POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: The Inuit for chorus [Kipling Jungle Book Cycle no.4, Kipling Settings no.5] POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: A Song of Vermland vers. for mixed voices POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: Stormy - trad. sea shanty arr. for chorus and baritone solo POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: Dalvisa - Swedish folk melody arr. for mixed voices POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: The Sussex mummers' Christmas carol arr. Dana Paul Perna for chorus POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: Brigg Fair arr. for tenor and chorus POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: Shenandoah for chorus POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: O mistress mine - folksong for mixed voices POLYPHONY Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) PLAINCHANT.SOLESMES: Magnificat - tonus peregrinus Stephen LAYTON (Conductor)