BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers (4/5)

Ian Skelly presents an afternoon of performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers, including music by Mendelssohn, Walton, Elgar and Judith Weir.

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC SO and Chorus in the first part of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius (concluding tomorrow) featuring soloists Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton and David Soar. James Ehnes joins the orchestra for Walton's Viola Concerto, and Chloé van Soeterstède and Dalia Stasevska conduct music by Mendelssohn and Sibelius. Plus, Ian introduces recent performances by the BBC Singers from the Nevill Holt Opera June Festival.

Including:

c.2.15pm
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.1
Strings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Chloé van Soeterstède (conductor)

c.2.30pm
Recordings from the Nevill Holt Opera June Festival
Alexander Campkin: The Crimson Sun
Ben Ponniah: O sacrum convivium
BBC Singers
Nicholas Chalmers (conductor)

c.2.40pm
Sibelius: Rakastava
Strings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

c.2.55pm
Recordings from the Nevill Holt Opera June Festival
Brahms: Waldesnacht, Op.63 No.2
Judith Weir: Love bade me welcome
BBC Singers
Nicholas Chalmers (conductor)

by Brahms, Holst, Judith Weir and Melissa Dunphy,

c.3.15pm
Walton: Viola Concerto
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

c.3.40pm
Recordings from the Nevill Holt Opera June Festival
Judith Weir: A blue true dream of sky
Melissa Dunphy: Halcyon Days
BBC Singers
Nicholas Chalmers (conductor)

c.4.15pm
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Part 1 (concludes in Afternoon Concert on Friday 2nd July)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
David Soar (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)