Performer: London Adventist Chorale

Second-ever Gospel Prom runs the gamut of gospel, and pays tribute to titan Andraé Crouch.

Have you ever been, dear reader, to one of those giant churches in the American South – the type that seats ten thousand and where every service is a major musical extravaganza? Well, no, I haven’t either, as it happens, although I used to make sound equipment for them.

When we think of America, Dvořák and Milhaud are not among the first set of composers to come to mind, but it turns out they deserve to be among the second.

Handel’s great oratorio has been through countless versions and transformations. Marin Alsop speaks about the 30th anniversary of her arrangement, which transforms Messiah into an infectious gospel ceremony.