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With the BBC SO in Sibelius: En Saga. Ravel: Piano Concerto. Shostakovich: Symphony No 5. Gliere: Horn Concerto. Plus BBC Singers in Jackson: The Voice of the Bard. Weir: Vertue.

Jonathan Swain presents a week of performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Today's programme includes a concert the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave on tour in Zaragoza, Spain, featuring Ravel's G major Piano Concerto with soloist Javier Perianes, and Shostakovich's 5th Symphony. Plus part of a concert the BBC Singers gave on tour in Singapore earlier this year with music by Gabriel Jackson and Judith Weir.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

2pm
Sibelius: En Saga Op.9 for orchestra
Ravel Concerto in G major for piano and orchestra
Javier Perianes (piano)

c.2.45pm
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 in D minor Op.47
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.3.35pm
Gabriel Jackson: The Voice of the Bard
Judith Weir: Vertue
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)

c.4.00pm.
Glière: Concerto in B flat major Op.91 for horn and orchestra
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 11 May 201514:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    En Saga, Op. 9

    Conductor: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Serenata andaluza

    Performer: Javier Perianes.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    The Voice of the bard

    Conductor: Paul Brough. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Judith Weir

    Vertue

    Conductor: Paul Brough. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Horn Concerto in B flat Major, op. 91

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

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PerformerBBC Symphony Orchestra
PerformerBBC Singers

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 May 201514:00
    BBC Radio 3

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