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Winter Lights

Martin Handley presents a concert of winter pieces written for the BBC Concert Orchestra by past and present composers-in-residence and the winner of the Proms Inspire competition.

Martin Handley presents a concert of pieces written for the BBC Concert Orchestra by past and present Composers in Residence. There's the world premiere of a new piece by current title holder Dobrinka Tabakova; and also a brand new work from Sarah Jenkins, winner of last year's BBC Proms Inspire competition.

Anne Dudley Northern Lights

Guy Barker The Lanterne of Light*

INTERVAL

Dobrinka Tabakova Orpheus’ Comet

Jonny Greenwood Suite from Norwegian Wood

Proms Inspire winner
Sarah Jenkins And the sun stood still (BBCCO commission, world premiere)

Dobrinka Tabakova Tectonic (BBCCO commission, world premiere)

*Alison Balsom (trumpet)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Dec 201819:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anne Dudley

    Northern Lights

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Guy Barker

    The Lanterne of Light

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Arumque

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

  • Clint Mansell

    Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream OST)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Performer: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Tundra

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Choir: Tenebrae.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Orpheus' Comet

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    Suite from 'Norwegian Wood' (arr. Ziegler)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Sarah Jenkins

    And the Sun Stood Still

    Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Tectonic

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings and continuo after BWV 209

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Conductor: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Trinity Baroque. Orchestra: The English Concert.
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    • Decca.
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Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Dec 201819:30
    BBC Radio 3

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