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BBC Symphony Orchestra (5/5)

Ian Skelly presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Britten, Cecilia McDowall and Elgar.

Ian Skelly presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Britten, Cecilia McDowall and Elgar.

Sir Andrew Davis directs orchestra, chorus and soloists in the concluding second part of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, and Viviane Hagner joins the orchestra for Bruch's folk-inspired Scottish Fantasy. Dalia Stasevska conducts music by Britten and Cecilia McDowall.

Including:

2pm
Cecilia McDowall: Rain, Steam, Speed
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

c.2.10pm
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Viviane Hagner (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

c.2.45pm
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

c.3.20pm
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Part 2 (Part 1 in Afternoon Concert on Thursday 1st July)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
David Soar (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 2 Jul 202114:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Rain, Steam, Speed

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy in E Flat Op.46

    Performer: Viviane Hagner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Into the heart of light

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius Part 2

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Stuart Skelton. Singer: David Soar. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lament - from Suite No. 6 for Full Orchestra

    Music Arranger: Henry Wood. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach : The Conductor's Transcriptions.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Finale - from Suite No. 6 for Full Orchestra

    Music Arranger: Henry Wood. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach : The Conductor's Transcriptions.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Jul 202114:00
    BBC Radio 3