Performances of Taylor Eigsti at BBC Proms

Thu 20 Aug 2026

• 19:00

  Miles Davis Centenary

  Royal Albert Hall

  The Proms marks Miles Davis’s centenary with a concert combining his influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend

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  The Proms marks Miles Davis’s centenary with a concert combining his influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend

  Programme

  • • • George Gershwin
      • 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
    • • Miles Davis
      • Little Variations on Boplicity(8 mins)arr. Miho Hazama
    • • Miles Davis
      • Bill Evans
      • Blue in Green(8 mins)arr. Miho Hazama
    • • Manuel de Falla
      • El Amor Brujo Medley – Dance of the Terror – Will O' The Wisp – Ritual Fire Dance(11 mins)arr. Miho Hazama
    • • interval
    • • Kurt Weill
      • My Ship(5 mins)arr. Gil Evans, orch. Miho Hazama
    • • Miles Davis
      • Gil Evans
      • Miles Aheadorch. Miho Hazama
    • • Eddie Barclay
      • Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch, Miho Hazama
    • • Ambrose Akinmusire
      • Bill Frisell
      • Herlin Riley
      • Henya(6 mins)
    • • Joaquín Rodrigo
      • En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’)(17 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

  Performers

  • Ambrose Akinmusire

    trumpet
    trumpet
  • Taylor Eigsti

    piano
    piano
  • Harish Raghavan

    bass
    bass
  • Kendrick Scott

    drums
    drums
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Miho Hazama

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • George Gershwin
  • Miles Davis
  • Bill Evans
  • Manuel de Falla
  • Kurt Weill
  • Gil Evans
  • Eddie Barclay
  • Ambrose Akinmusire
  • Bill Frisell
  • Herlin Riley
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

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