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Pappano and the National Youth Orchestra of the USA

BBC Proms2019

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the National Youth Orchestra of the USA in Benjamin Beckman's Occidentalis, Strauss's Alpine Symphony and, with mezzo Joyce DiDonato, Berlioz's Les nuits d'été.

Suzy Klein introduces America’s most talented young musicians in an ambitious concert from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the UK premiere of Benjamin Beckman’s new work, Occidentalis and mezzo Joyce DiDonato sings Berlioz's beautifully crafted miniatures Les nuits d’été. The impressive programme culminates with Richard Strauss’s epic work, An Alpine Symphony.

1 hour, 45 minutes

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Fri 16 Aug 201919:30
BBC Four

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Credits

PresenterSuzy Klein
ConductorAntonio Pappano
SingerJoyce DiDonato
OrchestraBrass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
OrchestraNational Youth Orchestra of the USA
DirectorMatthew Amos
ProducerSeren Irvine

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