Midsummer from Snape

The Iceland Philharmonic Choir join the BBC Concert Orchestra and Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing at the Maltings in Snape for a concert of Nordic summer music.

Presented by Sarah Walker.

Hugo Alfvén: Midsommarvaka (Midsummer Vigil)/Swedish Rhapsody No 1, op. 19
Nielsen: Fynsk Forår, op. 42, "Som en græsgrøn plet" (Like a grassy green spot)
Páll Ísólfsson: Brennið þið, vitar (Let the lighthouse shine)
Jón Ásgeirsson: Maístjarnan (The Star of May)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
Heikki Aaltoila: Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi (The Wedding Waltz of Akseli and Elina) from the film Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Here Beneath a North Star)
Hugo Alfvén: Och jungfrun hon går i ringen (And the Maiden, She Goes in a Ring)
Mia Makeroff: Butterfly
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: El Hambo
Hugo Alfvén: Vallflickans dans (Dance of the Herdsmaiden) from Bergakungen (The Mountain King) Suite, op. 37 No 4

INTERVAL

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: 1. Summer Song; 2. At Frösö Church (Frösöblomster)
Jón Nordal: Vorkvæði um Ísland
Snorri Sigfús Birgisson: Afmorsvísa
Nils Lindberg: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
Karin Rehnqvist: Hymn
Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight
Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Op. 50, Scene 3 - Giv alla Guder gammens og gledesskal (Give to all Gods a Grace-Cup of Gratitude)

Iceland Philharmonic Choir
Conductor Magnus Ragnarsson
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing