28/11/2007

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

2/4. Continuing the week of lunchtime recitals from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock presents a concert of jazz piano music, including some of his own compositions and improvisations.

2.00pm

Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers.

Judith Weir: Vertue
Kim Porter (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor)
BBC Singers
Nicholas Kok (conductor)

MacCunn: Jeanie Deans (excerpts)
Jeanie ...... Janice Watson (soprano)
Effie ...... Lisa Milne (soprano)
Staunton ...... Jamie MacDougall (tenor)
Deans ...... Peter Sidhom (baritone)
Dumbiedykes ...... Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Constable ...... Graeme Danby (bass)
Scottish Opera Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Sally Beamish: Sangsters (Concerto for orchestra)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

Thea Musgrave: Poems on the Underground (Set 3: A Medieval Summer)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Judith Weir: Natural History
Anu Komsi (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice (Symphonic Poem No 1)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Trad Scottish, arr. MacMillan: The Cruel Mother
Stuart MacIntyre (baritone)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

James MacMillan: Mairi
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

James MacMillan: The Quickening
Hilliard Ensemble
City of Birmingham Youth Chorus and Symphony Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
James MacMillan (conductor).