Symphonic Jazz and Dances
Highlights from the 2025 season of BBC Proms.
Clarinet virtuoso Martin Frost lends his artistry to a lively jazz concerto written by Artie Shaw, one of the finest clarinettists of the 20th century. Just a few months before Shaw’s concerto was included in the score of a Fred Astaire Hollywood comedy, Sergei Rachmaninov completed his final masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances, on the opposite coast of the United States. Both works are infused with the spirit of dance: boogie-woogie in the Shaw, waltz in the Rachmaninov.
Presented by Andrew McGregor and Katy Hamilton.
Broadcast programme:
Artie Shaw - Clarinet Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
Performers:
Martin Frost, clarinet; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
(Photo: Clarinettist Martin Frost at the 2025 BBC Proms. Credit: BBC/Chris Christodoulou)
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Broadcasts
- Sat 9 Aug 202518:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Sun 10 Aug 202508:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia, South Asia & East Asia only
- Sun 10 Aug 202511:06GMTBBC World Service except Australasia, East Asia, News Internet & South Asia
