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BBC Symphony Orchestra ‒ casting new light on Smetana's tragic opera, Dalibor
Phil Hall
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall takes us inside the rehearsal room for a rarely-performed Smetana opera.
Composing A Violence of Gifts - Part 4
Mark Bowden
Resident Composer BBC NOW
In the fourth and final part of his series of blogs, Mark Bowden, resident composer at the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, describes the final writing stages of his composition, A Violence of Gifts, which were undertaken at the MacDowell Colony in the USA.
New season plans for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and the BBC Singers
Paul Hughes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Paul Hughes, general manager of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and the BBC Singers, reveals some of the highlights of the 2015-16 season.
Composing A Violence of Gifts - Part 2
Mark Bowden
Resident Composer BBC NOW
In the second of a series of blogs, Mark Bowden, resident composer at the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, describes his collaboration with writer Owen Sheers on his new work, A Violence of Gifts, and explains the mileposts in the process of composition.
All you need to know about Nielsen symphonies ...
Phil Hall
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra chief conductor Sakari Oramo continues his Nielsen series on Friday the 16th, with the Third Symphony. It starts with 26 bangs, as Sub-Principal Viola Phil Hall explains in this insider’s guide to the symphonies
A Soho Symphony
Graeme Kay
Producer, Speech and Classical Digital Hub, BBC Audio
Previewing Guy Barker's BBC Radio 3 commission - A Soho Symphony - for the EFG London Jazz Festival.
A Violence of Gifts
Mark Bowden
Resident Composer BBC NOW
In the first of a series of blogs, Mark Bowden, resident composer at the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, writes about the journey from initial idea to world premiere – as he prepares to write a new work for the crchestra and chorus
Planes, trains and mobiles - the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour
Phil Hall
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from the orchestra's tour of Spain
History man - 30 years with the BBC National Chorus of Wales
Jeff Davies
Member, BBC NCW
BBC National Chorus of Wales founder member Jeff Davies writes of some of the highlights of 30 years of music-making.
An orchestra for all of Wales – and all of the UK
Michael Garvey
Director, BBC NOW
Michael Garvey, director of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, introduces the new season ...
