BBC Concert Orchestra

David Bedford’s work transcends genre and style, reaching audiences in dynamic and refreshing ways. In what would have been his 80th year, the BBC Concert Orchestra presents a concert of his music including Tubular Bells and Symphony No.1. Plus a world premiere by electronic musician Scanner, drawing out the majestic and exploratory nature of Bedford’s works. After the concert we've another French flute work featuring the American soloist Ransom Wilson, and music recorded in Truro Cathedral including the first performance of the BBC Concert Orchestra’s Composer in Residence Dobrinka Tabakova's 'Kynance Cove'. It sets the words of the nineteenth-century Cornish poet John Harris depicting that beautiful, rugged spot on the Lizard Peninsula.

Bedford: Alleluia Timpanis (revised version 1981)
Scanner, orch. Quinta: A Little Bit of Everything
Bedford: Symphony No. 1
Oldfield arr Bedford: Orchestral Tubular Bells

Steve Hillage, guitar
Scanner, electronics
BBC Concert Orchestra
Michael Seal conductor

c.3.40pm
Jean Françaix: Impromptu for Flute and String Orchestra
Ransom Wilson, flute
BBC Concert Orchestra
Perry So, conductor

c.3.55pm
Bach: Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056
Graham Fitkin arr. Mutter: Servant
Dobrinka Tabakova: Kynance Cove (First performance)

Charles Mutter, violin
Truro Cathedral Choir
Youth Choir (from Truro High School for Girls, Richard Lander School, Truro School, Cornwall Youth Choir)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Christopher Gray, conductor