The first of four Proms especially recorded for BBCtv and featuring interviews with the performing artists. Introduced by James Naughtie.
American soprano Dawn Upshaw celebrates the range and vitality of the music she grew up with. Accompanied by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Eric Stern, and American pianist Fred Hersch, she performs music by Bernstein, Copland, Weill, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Sondheim.
BBC Proms 1996: Dawn at Dusk
BBC Proms · Season 50 · Episode 2
The first of four Proms especially recorded for BBCtv and featuring interviews with the performing artists. Introduced by James Naughtie.
American soprano Dawn Upshaw celebrates the range and vitality of the music she grew up with. Accompanied by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Eric Stern, and American pianist Fred Hersch, she performs music by Bernstein, Copland, Weill, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Sondheim.
American soprano Dawn Upshaw celebrates the range and vitality of the music she grew up with. Accompanied by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Eric Stern, and American pianist Fred Hersch, she performs music by Bernstein, Copland, Weill, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Sondheim.
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50
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2
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07/Aug/1996
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