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These Little Limbs

BBC SO and Singers perform Berlioz's The Childhood of Christ and Finzi's Dies Natalis: music for Christmas Eve that celebrates the divine wonder of infancy.

BBC SO and Singers perform Berlioz's the Childhood of Christ and Finzi's Dies Natalis: music for Christmas Eve that celebrates the divine wonder of infancy, part of BBC Radio 3’s Light in the Darkness season. Interspersed with recent recordings by the wind, brass and string sections of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Hannah French.

Copland: Ceremonial Fanfare
BBC SO brass
Conductor Ryan Bancroft

Hector Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Robert Murray (tenor)
Etienne Dupuis (baritone)
Matthew Rose (bass)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Edward Gardner

c. 3.40pm
Jonathan Harvey: Serenade (in Homage to Mozart)
BBC SO wind
Conductor Douglas Boyd

c. 3.55pm
Henri Tomasi: Fanfares Liturgiques
BBC SO brass
Conductor Anthony Weeden

c. 4.10pm
Tippett: Little Music for Strings

Finzi: Dies Natalis
Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
BBC SO strings
Conductor Martyn Brabbins

2 hours, 55 minutes

Last on

Christmas Eve 202014:05
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    L'Enfance du Christ - The Childhood of Christ (Part 1)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Singer: Robert Murray. Singer: Étienne Dupuis. Singer: Matthew Rose. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Hector Berlioz

    L'Enfance du Christ - The Childhood of Christ (Parts 2 and 3)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Singer: Robert Murray. Singer: Étienne Dupuis. Singer: Matthew Rose. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Jonathan Harvey

    Serenade (in Homage to Mozart)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.

  • Henri Tomasi

    Fanfares Liturgiques

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.

  • Michael Tippett

    Little Music for Strings

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies Natalis

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 202014:05
    BBC Radio 3