Miles Davis Centenary
19:00 Thu 20 Aug 2026 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- Porgy and Bess – ‘Bess, you is my woman now’(5 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Porgy and Bess: – ‘Gone, gone, gone’(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Porgy and Bess – ‘I loves you, Porgy’(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- El amor brujo – Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’)(17 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Boplicity(3 mins)
- My Ship(5 mins)arr. Gil Evans, orch. Miho Hazama
- Miles Aheadorch, Miho Hazama
- Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch, Miho Hazama
Performers
- Ambrose Akinmusiretrumpet
- Sam Harrispiano
- Harish Raghavanbass
- Kendrick Scottdrums
- Miho Hazamaconductor
About This Event
Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Miles Davis transformed modern jazz with music that embraced the world around him – a new and exhilarating collage of modal scales, electronic and classical influences, expansive new structures and, of course, technical virtuosity. The Proms marks Davis’s centenary with a concert that combines the musician’s influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. ‘Incandescent’ American jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend.
There will be one interval
Recorded for broadcast on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer
Ambrose Akinmusire © Michael Wilson
