BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
18 Jun 2021, MediaCityUK, Salford

Afternoon Concert - Friday with the BBC Philharmonic

BBC Philharmonic
Afternoon Concert - Friday with the BBC Philharmonic
14:00 Fri 18 Jun 2021 MediaCityUK, Salford
Jac van Steen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a live performance to round off a week of afternoons with the orchestra on BBC Radio 3
Jac van Steen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a live performance to round off a week of afternoons with the orchestra on BBC Radio 3

Performers

Afternoon Concert - Friday with the BBC Philharmonic

Jac van Steen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a live performance of music by Theo Verbey, Copland and Janacek, with soprano Sophie Bevan.

Following the live concert, Tom McKinney introduces more of the orchestra's recent recordings of Hindemith, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Sibelius and a euphonium concerto by Paul Mealor.

Programme

Theo Verbey - Notturno (UK premiere)

Aaron Copland - Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson

Leos Janacek - Idyll

Sophie Bevan (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Tchaikovsky - Hamlet: Entr’acte, Act III

BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)

Hindemith - Der Schwanendreher

Timothy Ridout (viola)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds (conductor)

Sibelius - Romance in C , Op.42

BBC Philharmonic
Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)

Britten - Russian Funeral

BBC Philharmonic brass and percussion
Clark Rundell (conductor)

Sibelius - Scene with cranes, Op.44 No.2

BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds (conductor)

Paul Mealor - Euphonium Concerto (first broadcast performance)

David Childs (euphonium)
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)