Prom 4

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)	Feste romane (Roman Festivals)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Piano Concerto in G major
Adams, John (b. 1947)	City Noir

Performers

Dame Imogen Cooper	Piano
Juilliard Orchestra
Royal Academy Sinfonia
John Adams	Conductor

Our series celebrating young orchestras and
choirs in many forms begins with a collaboration
between two major music colleges from either
side of the Atlantic. Their suitably continent crossing
programme begins with Respighi’s
exuberantly cinematic survey of the festivals
of Rome, the eternal city, and ends with John
Adams’s symphonic
triptych evoking the
mood of 1950s Los
Angeles. Ravel’s
vivacious, blues-tinged
concerto elegantly
bridges the two
worlds.

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Prom 4: John Adams conducts the Orchestra of the RAM and The Juilliard School

Paul Kilbey, 17th July

Symphonic evocations of ancient Rome and 1950s Los Angeles filled the Royal Albert Hall last night, with John Adams conducting a combined orchestra of students from London's Royal Academy of Music and New York's Juilliard School. Between these pieces, by Respighi and Adams himself, the players were joined by pianist Imogen Cooper for Ravel's G major concerto.

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