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BBC Proms 2026-08-24 American Classics - Copland Gershwin Bernstein


 Mon 24 Aug 2026 Royal Albert Hall
    American Classics


Marin Alsop leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a barn-storming celebration of American music, with works including Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and Copland’s Appalachian Spring.


    Programme
                Joan Tower
                Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (3 mins)

                Aaron Copland
                Appalachian Spring – suite (23 mins)

                George Gershwin
                Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé) (16 mins) arr. Marcus Roberts

                interval

                Jerome Moross
                The Big Country – prelude (3 mins)

                Leonard Bernstein
                Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’ (24 mins)

                William Grant Still
                Three Visions – No. 2: Summerland (5 mins)

                Leonard Bernstein
                On the Town – Three Dance Episodes (11 mins)


    Performers
        Marcus Roberts Trio
        Philharmonia Orchestra
        Marin Alsop conductor


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