BBC Concert Orchestra 2020-2021 BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert: Witches, Wardrobes and Wonderlands
BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert: Witches, Wardrobes and Wonderlands
14:00 Fri 11 Dec 2020 BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert
The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing and with tenor Alessandro Fisher, perform works by Shirley Thompson, Finzi, Pook, Rautavaara and McCabe.
The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing and with tenor Alessandro Fisher, perform works by Shirley Thompson, Finzi, Pook, Rautavaara and McCabe.
Penny Gore presents a concert in which the BBC Concert Orchestra performs live at the Watford Colosseum.
Shirley Thompson: Wildfire Gerald Finzi: Farewell to Arms, Op. 9* Jocelyn Pook: Wonderland Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lintukoto (Isle of Bliss) Gerald Finzi: Two Sonnets, Op.12* John McCabe: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Suite
Followed by Malcolm Arnold’s one act opera The Dancing Master, unperformed in the composer's lifetime, but described by one critic as "an absolute zinger" of a score. Conducted by John Andrews.
