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BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon ConcertBBC Performing Groups' Best of 2016
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Presented by Verity Sharp. With the BBC Singers playing the entries for the Radio 3 Carol Competition, plus the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by MacMillan and Mahler.

Verity Sharp presents the BBC Performing Groups' Best of 2016 this week. Today's programme includes the BBC Singers in the third annual Breakfast Carol Competition. David Hill conducts the prize-winning entries.

2.00pm
Petroc Trelawny joins BBC Singers and their chief conductor David Hill in their Maida Vale Studios in London for a chance to hear the shortlisted entries from this year's BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. The works were performed in front of a live audience, including the composers, and there is a chance to hear from the composers about their interpretation and inspiration behind setting the text, "Alleluya! A new work is come on hand"

2.45pm
Verity Sharp presents the rest of the afternoon: James MacMillan's Violin Concerto and Mahler's 1st Symphony with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles

James MacMillan: Violin Concerto
Vadim Repin (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

3.15pm
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 19 Dec 201614:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Micheal Head

    The Little Road To Bethlehem - BBC Singers

    Performer: BBC Singers.

  • Nicholas Hopton

    Alleluia! A New Work Has Come On Hand

    Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Neal Thomas

    Alleluia! A New Work Has Come On Hand - Thomas Neal

    Performer: BBC Singers.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol - BBC Singers

    Performer: BBC Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce.

  • Clive Osgood

    Alleluia! A New Work Has Come On Hand - Clive Osgood

    Performer: BBC Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce.

  • Ghislaine Reece Trap

    Alleluia! A New Work Has Come On Hand - Ghislaine Reece Trap

    Performer: BBC Singers.

  • Peter Warlock

    Bethlehem Down - BBC Singers

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Performer: Christopher Bowen.

  • Jesse Reeves

    Alleluia! A New Work Has Come On Hand - Jessie Reeves

    Performer: BBC Singers.

  • Joy Williams

    Alleluia! A New Work Has Come On Hand - Joy Williams

    Performer: BBC Singers.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Vadim Repin. Conductor: Donald Runnicles. Orchestra: BBC Scottish S O.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 319

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Credits

PerformerBBC Singers
PerformerBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Dec 201614:00
    BBC Radio 3