BBC Proms · SEASON 73

Ellington's Sacred Music

Episode 21 · 2019-09-06

★ 7.0
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Season 73Episode 21★ 7.0/10
  • Documentary

Episode overview

Cerys Matthews introduces an evening of jazz, gospel and Broadway-style music inspired by Duke Ellington's three sacred concerts. In a Proms premiere, Peter Edwards conducts the Nu Civilisation Orchestra in a new version of these landmark works, written originally between 1965 and 1973.

180 minutes

Season 73 episodes