London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alison Balsom

Marios Papadopoulos - conductor

Programme:

Bernstein - Overture, Candide
Bramwell - Tovey Songs of the Paradise Saloon
Dvorák - Symphony No 9 (From the New World)

Alison performs British composer Bramwell Tovey's evocative Songs of the Paradise Saloon for trumpet and orchestra. Adapted from Tovey's opera, The Inventor, about a real-life 19th-century con-artist, this unusual piece evokes the atmosphere and characters found in a turn-of-the-century American dive bar with its languid, jazz-infused music.

Closing the evening is Dvorák's much-loved Symphony No 9 (From the New World), his touching symphonic hymn to the slave songs and spirituals of America, which includes the famous Largo melody. Composer of West Side Story Leonard Bernstein's Overture to his operetta Candide opens the concert in suitably exhilarating fashion.

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