BBC Instrumental Sessions with the BBC Orchestras and Choirs
Music performed on video, in lockdown, by single instruments and singers from the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
Pascual Maquina Narro: España Cañí, arr. Ryan Linham
Performed by trumpets of the BBC Orchestras.
Mozart: Rondo alla Turca, arr. Andrew Duncan
Performed by the tubas of the BBC Orchestras.
Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo or Unison Violins (Moderato)
Performed by First Violins of the BBC Orchestras.
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Sullivan: The Policeman's Song (new words by Jonathan Manners)
Sung by basses of the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
Trad: Morning Has Broken (arr: Dan Jenkins)
Performed by harps of the BBC Orchestras.
J S Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, arr. Lenny Sayers
Performed by oboes of the BBC Orchestras.
Elgar: Nimrod (Enigma Variations) arr. James Manson
Performed by violas of the BBC Orchestras.
Lenny Sayers: Fantasy on Odessa Bulgar (based on a trad. Klezmer tune)
Performed by clarinets of the BBC Orchestras.
Franz Schubert: Lacrimosa son io (Tearful am I)
Performed by the sopranos of the BBC Singers.
Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse (Vespers) arr. David Stark
Performed by double basses from the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
Chabrier: España
Performed by members of the horn sections of the BBC Orchestras.
Eric Coates: Calling All Workers, arr. Steve Magee
Performed by bassoonists from the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
John Scott: How can I keep from singing?
Performed by the altos of the BBC Singers, with Richard Pearce (organ).
Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor Op.3/10 (Allegro), arr. Robin Wallington
Performed by members of the 2nd violin sections of the BBC Orchestras.
J S Bach: Passacaglia in C minor
Performed from home during lockdown by 13 trombones of the BBC Orchestras.
Ian Clarke: 'Within...'
Recorded from home by 14 flautists from the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Performed in lockdown by percussionists of the BBC Orchestras. Video by Alasdair Malloy
