16 April 2008
Wednesday 16 April 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch
String players from the Britten Sinfonia are profiled in this concert, which features chamber works by Bach and Brahms and a new piece by the acclaimed Scottish composer, Helen Grime.
Bach: Sextet (A Musical Offering)
Grime: Into the Faded Air (world premiere)
Brahms: Sextet No 1 in B flat, Op 18
Britten Sinfonia:
Jacqueline Shave, Thomas Gould (violin)
Martin Outram, Clare Finnimore (viola)
Caroline Dearnley, Benjamin Chappell (cello)
2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Featuring Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 7, based on music he had composed for the film Scott of the Antarctic, and complemented by music by pupils, friends and contemporaries.
Maconchy: Two Dances (Puck Fair)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1
James Rutherford (baritone)
Eugene Asti (piano)
Boydell: In memoriam Mahatma Gandhi
Ulster Orchestra
Celso Antunes (conductor)
Finzi: Dies natalis
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
James Judd (conductor)
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Susan Gritton (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Skalkottas: Thema con variazioni
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nikos Christodoulou (conductor)
David: Deutsche Messe
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Messiaen: Canteyodjaya
Ashley Wass (piano)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7 (Sinfonia antartica)
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Royal Welsh College Of Music and Drama Chamber Choir
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
Berio: Opus number zoo
Galliard Ensemble
