Live from MediaCityUK in Salford

As part of Radio 3 live at Southbank Centre, London, Penny Gore presents a week of performances which mark a new concert season for the BBC performing groups. Today's programme begins with a live concert from the BBC Philharmonic in their home at MediaCity in Salford. Douglas Boyd joins the orchestra for a programme of MacMillan, Britten and Haydn. After Choral Evensong, it's back to the South Bank with Penny Gore and music by Britten and Jonathan Harvey from the BBC Singers.

2pm
LIVE at MediaCity Salford, Presented by Tom Redmond
James MacMillan: I (A meditation on Iona) for orchestra
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op.10 for string orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major H.1.104 (London)
BBC Philharmonic
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

3.30-4.30 Choral Evensong - Archive recording of the Memorial Evensong for Sir George Thalben-Ball (Music Advisor to the Head of Religious Broadcasting 1941-1969) which was broadcast live from Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London on 28 January 1988.

4.30pm presented by Penny Gore
Britten: A.M.D.G. (Ad majorem Dei gloriam)
Harvey: The Annunciation
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).