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BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan Swain presents a BBC Symphony Orchestra concert of music by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Stravinsky. Includes A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.

Jonathan Swain presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra in concert playing music by American and British composers - plus a Russian exile, Stravinsky.

Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
with Steven Osborne (piano)
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 )
Bernstein: Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah)
with Jessica Gillingwater (mezzo)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Roderick Cox

3.35pm
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Martyn Brabbins.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 8 Jun 201814:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird Suite (1919)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphony No.1 'Jeremiah'

    Singer: Jessica Gillingwater. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A Sea Symphony

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Singer: Elizabeth Llewellyn. Singer: Marcus Farnsworth. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

Credit

PerformerBBC Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Jun 201814:00
    BBC Radio 3