Michael Tippett
Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The first of this week's series of lunchtime concerts from this year's Bath Festival features soprano Emma Kirkby. Her recital entitled Orpheus in England, at Bath's Assembly Rooms with lutenist Jakob Lindberg, celebrates the genius of two of England's greatest composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, John Dowland and Henry Purcell.
2.30pm British Symphony Series: Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
Playlist:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Michael Roll (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley (conductor)
Walton: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Tippett: Symphony No 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tippett (conductor)
