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Higher and Higher

Christmas music from the BBC Singers, plus BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom highlights: climb a mountain with Richard Strauss and soar to Paradise with August Read Thomas.

Christmas music from the BBC Singers plus BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom highlights: climb a mountain with Richard Strauss and soar to Paradise with August Read Thomas. Fiona Talkington presents this programme as part of BBC Radio 3’s Light in the Darkness season.

Christmas music (replacing the previously advertised live concert, cancelled owing to Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions in London)
BBC Singers
Ashley Grote (organ)
Conductor Sofi Jeannin
Presenter Ian Skelly

c. 3.30pm
Augusta Read Thomas: 'Juggler in paradise' (Violin Concerto No 3; world premiere)
Jennifer Koh (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jiri Belohlavek

c. 3.50pm
Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Semyon Bychkov

3 hours

Last on

Tue 22 Dec 202014:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ashley Grote

    Ding Dong! Merrily On High

  • Herbert Howells

    A spotless rose

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Benjamin Britten

    In the bleak midwinter

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Matthew Halls.

  • John Rutter

    There Is A Flower

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Malcolm Archer

    A Little Child There Is Yborn

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Carl Rütti

    Dancing Day

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Joubert

    There Is No Rose

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Graham Ross.

  • Judith Weir

    Illuminare Jerusalem

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Jesus Christ is born (Angels sing)

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • France.Traditional

    Quittez, Pasteurs

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Betty Roe

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Robert Lucas Pearsall

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • James Burton

    Balulalow

    Performer: Ashley Grote. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • John Rutter

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Philip Ledger

    Still, Still, Still

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • BBC Singers

    A Take 6 Christmas

  • BBC Singers

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

  • Augusta Read Thomas

    Violin Concerto No 3 ("Juggler in Paradise")

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.

  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter from the Planets

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Dec 202014:00
    BBC Radio 3