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BBC Proms 2001

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Featuring John Tavener 's new work, commissioned to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Bach Choir. Tavener's meditation on the cosmos is followed after the interval by Hoist's magical vision of the heavens. Presented by Petroc Trelawny . Patricia Rozario (soprano),
Deacon Meliton (bass), Bach Choir , Waynflete
Singers, BBC Philharmonic, conductors David Hill and Yan Pascal Tortelier
John Tavener Song of the Cosmos (first performance)
8.25 Twenty Minutes
The writers on astronomy John Gribbin and Jacqueline Mitton consider how life on Earth is determined by distant objects in space and how observation of the night sky has affected the perception of human life.
8.45 Hoist Suite: The Planets
Repeated Thursday at 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
John Tavener
Presented By:
Petroc Trelawny
Soprano:
Patricia Rozario
Soprano:
Deacon Meliton
Bass:
Bach Choir
Conductors:
David Hill
Conductors:
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Unknown:
John Tavener
Unknown:
John Gribbin
Unknown:
Jacqueline Mitton
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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