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BBC Proms S61 E04 American Classics - Prom 5

Overview

Charles Hazlewood introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertston as they perform two 20th century American classics - Leonard Bernstein's Second Symphony, The Age of Anxiety, and Charles Ives' Fourth Symphony. The programme begins with the first BBC commission of the season, Substratum by British composer Sam Hayden.