Bernstein on Broadway and Beyond
1:00 pm
Monday, August 27, 2018
BBC Proms
Cadogan Hall
London, England, United Kingdom
Wallis Giunta, mezzo-soprano; Michael Sikich, piano; Iain Farrington, piano; Toby Kearney, percussion; Owen Gunnell, percussion.
Our Bernstein series continues with a recital of gems by Bernstein and his associates.
The concert also features a new song by British-Lebanese composer Bushra El-Turk, written in response to Bernstein’s witty recipe settings, La bonne cuisine.
Scored for two pianos and percussion, the early, unfinished ballet Conch Town – containing the song now better known as ‘America’ in West Side Story – has now been completed using other material by Bernstein.
