Join us for a re-broadcast of a fabulous performance from 2015 featuring British composer, conductor, and pianist Bramwell Tovey performing in all three roles! In addition to conducting his own work, Songs of the Paradise Saloon, played by the brilliant trumpeter Alison Balsom, Tovey also directs the Philadelphia Orchestra in the famous Passacaglia from Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes, George Gershwin’s Catfish Row Suite, on tunes from the opera Porgy and Bess, and the Symphonic Dances from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story.
It was a varied and entertaining program from December 2014; we hope you'll be listening!
That's Sunday, March 26th from 1 until 3 pm on WRTI 90.1 FM and streaming on our mobile app!
PROGRAM:
Benjamin Britten: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Bramwell Tovey: Songs of the Paradise Saloon (Philadelphia Orchestra first performance)
Alison Balsom, trumpet
INTERMISSION
George Gerwshin: Catfish Row Suite on tunes from Porgy and Bess
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Gregg Whiteside is producer and host of the Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcasts on WRTI, every Sunday at 1 pm on WRTI 90.1 FM, online at WRTI.org, and on our new mobile app! NEW: rebroadcast of Sunday’s concert Monday at 7 pm on WRTI HD-2, as part of our new "Symphony at 7" lineup!
