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1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: With music by Copland, Barber and Walton. 2.15pm Large Scale British Choral Works: The BBC Symphony chorus perform Dyson's Nebuchadnezzar.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

More performances from a series of concerts given at St George's Hall in Liverpool last autumn to celebrate the city's 800th anniversary. These concerts featured young artists, performing British and American repertoire, which reflected Liverpool's long-standing reputation as the gateway to the New World.

Arr. Bantock: Three Negro Spirituals
Onyx Brass Quintet

Copland: Sonata for violin and piano
Jack Liebeck (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Moeran: Ludlow Town
Simon Bailey (bass-baritone)
Claire Dunham (piano)

Barber: Canzone for flute and piano
Claire Fillhart (flute)
Claire Dunham (piano)

Walton: String Quartet
Doric Quartet

2.15pm Large Scale British Choral Works

Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Brahms : Sonata No 1 in E minor for cello and piano, Op 38
Claudio Bohorquez (cello)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

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Thu 28 Feb 200813:00

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  • Thu 28 Feb 200813:00