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BBC Symphony Orchestra

Episode 5 of 6

With recordings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus features and discussion. Plus a live concert from the Barbican, in which the BBC SO plays music by Richard Rodney Bennett.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra takes up the next lap of celebrations in Radio 3's Pass the Baton! day

18.30
Penny Gore presents recordings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus features and discussion exploring the orchestra's history and role in the UK's cultural life.

19.30
The BBC Symphony Orchestra in concert, live from the Barbican in London, as part of the BBC Total Immersion Richard Rodney Bennett weekend

Richard Rodney Bennett:
Symphony No.3
'Lady Caroline Lamb' - Elegy for viola and orchestra
Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

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Sun 27 Nov 201618:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alban Berg

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Louis Krasner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anton Webern.
    • Continuum Records.

  • Mark‐Anthony Turnage

    Momentum

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Helen Grime

    Night Songs

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream of Gerontius end of Part One

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Singer: David Soar. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian - Incidental Music Op.27 -Nocturne

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Performer: Allison Bell. Performer: Lawrence Power. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Lady Caroline Lamb: Elegy for Viola and Orchestra

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov. Performer: Slava Popugrin.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Sonatina - for clarinet solo

    Performer: Heather Ryall.

Credit

PerformerBBC Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Nov 201618:30
    BBC Radio 3

Meet the musicians

Meet the musicians

Get to know the BBC Orchestras and Choirs as they limber up for our day of music-making.