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BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Second of two concerts of British music.
Conductor Andrew Davis, Martin Robertson (saxophone), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Your Rockaby (BBC commission - first performance)

7.55 Autumn Journey 1518: In which Desiderius Erasmus, scholar, wit and theologian, takes a journey from Basel to Louvain and meets plague, bad fish and terrible weather.
Translated from the Latin by Charles Bland. Read by John Moffatt.

8.15 Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Saxophone:
Martin Robertson
Soprano:
Amanda Roocroft
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Singers:
Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir
Translator ("Autumn Journey 1518"):
Charles Bland
Reader ("Autumn Journey 1518"):
John Moffatt.
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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