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24 August 2026
London
(United Kingdom) 
BBC Proms - American Classics
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop - Royal Albert Hall


Program Info:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio

An all-American celebration, from the urban rhythms of Bernstein’s West Side Story and On the Town to Copland’s barn dances and Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue. To these are added all-American landscapes in The Big Country and Appalachian Spring, as well as a fanfare dedicated to tonight’s conductor, Marin Alsop.

Programme
Joan Tower - Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story'
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé)

interval

Jerome Moross - The Big Country – prelude from an Oscar-nominated score
Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring – suite
William Grant Still - Three Visions – No. 2: Summerland
Leonard Bernstein - On the Town – Three Dance Episodes


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Last edited: 21 April 2026 - 08:36 hours