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American Celebration

Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in Saffron Hall, including Julius Asal playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Grace Nyandoro in songs by him and Cole Porter.

Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in Saffron Hall in American music, including Julius Asal playing Gershwin's ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue and soprano Grace Nyandoro in songs by him and Cole Porter.

Presented by Clare Teal.

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Florence Price: Concert Overture No.2
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

INTERVAL

Copland: Hoedown
Gershwin: Summertime; Someone to Watch Over Me
Gershwin: Walking the Dog
Gershwin: The Man I Love
Kern: All the Things You Are
Gershwin: An American in Paris

Julius Asal (piano)
Grace Nyandoro (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor Edwin Outwater

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Friday19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • Florence Price

    Concert Overture No 2

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Julius Asal. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • Maurice Ravel

    A la manière de Borodine

    Performer: Julius Asal.

  • Florence Price

    Folksongs in Counterpoint: Drink to me only; Shortnin' Bread; Swing Low

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet.

  • Henry Kimball Hadley

    Cleopatra's Night

    Performer: Ileana Ruhemann. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dutton.

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoedown

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater. Singer: Grace Nyandoro.

  • George Gershwin

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater. Singer: Grace Nyandoro.

  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater. Singer: Grace Nyandoro.

  • Jerome Kern

    All the Things You Are

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater. Singer: Grace Nyandoro.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op 92

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Prokofiev String Quartets: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Friday19:30
    BBC Radio 3