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Better Angels

The BBC NOW plays works by Copland and Ruth Gipps, and Emily Pailthorpe and the BBC SO perform a new oboe concerto by Richard Blackford.

Hannah French presents recent recordings by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Aritiunian: Trumpet Concerto
Simon Höfele, trumpet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Duncan Ward, conductor

Copland Quiet City
Sarah-Jayne Porsmoguer, cor anglais
Simon Höfele, trumpet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Duncan Ward, conductor

Rhian Samuels: Clytemnestra
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Jac van Steen, conductor

Gipps: Song for Orchestra, Op. 33
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Richard Blackford: Better Angels of Our Nature
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe),
BBC SO
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Jan 202114:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alexander Veprik

    Dances and songs of the ghetto, Op 12

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.
    • MDG.

  • Alexander Arutiunian

    Trumpet concerto

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet city

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Rhian Samuel

    Klytemnestra

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • BIS.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for orchestra, Op 33

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Blackford

    The Better angels of our nature - concerto for oboe and string orchestra

    Performer: Emily Pailthorpe. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Emily Pailthorpe: Better Angels.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Jan 202114:00
    BBC Radio 3