25 February 2008
Monday 25 February 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Direct from Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp introduces a recital of songs and duets by the husband-and-wife team of mezzo-soprano Ann Murray and tenor Philip Langridge, who are joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau in a programme taking in works by Barber, Bridge, Moeran and Britten. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle Concluding a survey of the symphonies of Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Plus major choral works by more peers of the musical world, Sir Granville Bantock, Sir George Dyson and Sir John Tavener, and music from this year's Royal Northern College of Music festival of Brass.
Playlist
Lunchtime Concert
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Samuel Barber
3 songs Opus 10
Frank Bridge
Golden Hair
Solitary Hotel (from Despite and Still (op 41)
Now I have fed and Eaten up the Rose (op 45)
E J Moeran
Seven Poems:
String in the earth and air
The merry green wood
Bright cap
The pleasant valley
Donny Carney
Rain has fallen
Now, O now, in this brown land
Benjamin Britten
Mother Comfort
Night covers up the rigid land
To lie flat on the back
What's on your mind
The Sun Shines Down
As it is Plenty
When you're feeling like expressing your affection
Underneath the abject willow
Bantock: Omar Khayyam Part 1
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 6
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)
