Stories from the streets of America through music by Higdon, Bernstein and Kahane
Kwamé Ryan conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in music from America looking at peoples' different experiences with the built environment.
Kwamé Ryan conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in music from America looking at peoples' various experiences with the built environment. The concert ends with the UK premiere of a piece by Gabriel Kahane which highlights the dehumanising system that people experiencing homelessness need to engage with in order to secure a shelter for the night.
Presented by Linton Stephens.
Jennifer Higdon SkyLine from City Scape
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
INTERVAL
Gabriel Kahane emergency shelter intake form* (UK Premiere)
Conductor: Kwamé Ryan
Singers: Alicia Hall-Moran (Soprano)
Gabriel Kahane
Holland Andrews
Holcombe Waller
Chorus: The Choir with No Name
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Jennifer Higdon
Skyline (City Scapes)
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Kwamé Ryan. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Kwamé Ryan. -
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William Grant Still
Pastorela
Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Naxos.
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Amy Beach
By the Still Waters
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Decca.
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Amy Beach
Young Birches Op 128 No 2
Performer: Joanne Polk.- Arabesque Recordings.
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Snow Patrol
Chasing Cars
Performer: Joseph Smith. Choir: Choir with No Name. Conductor: Sam Chaplin. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
- Sony Classical.
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- Fri 2 Feb 2024 19:30BBC Radio 3