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Radio 3 Live in Concert: BBC SO and Chorus - Berlioz, Arthur Bliss

BBC SO and Chorus - Berlioz, Arthur Bliss

15/05/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Live in Concert, BBC SO and Chorus - Berlioz, Arthur Bliss

BBC SO and Chorus under Andrew Davis perform Berlioz and Arthur Bliss's Morning Heroes.

Live from the Barbican in London, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Andrew Davis. Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans); La mort de Cleopatre. Bliss: Morning Heroes.

Live from the Barbican
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Arthur Bliss's memorial to the Great War, Morning Heroes. Mezzo Sarah Connolly sings Berlioz's Mort de Cléopâtre.
Berlioz: Trojans: Royal Hunt & Storm
Berlioz: La Mort de Cléopâtre

c. 8.10pm Interval:

c. 8.35
Bliss: Morning Heroes

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Samuel West (narrator)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

From Berlioz's Royal Hunt to Bliss's choral symphony, BBC SO Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis leads a blazing programme that delves into violence and its aftermath across the centuries.

Foremost mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly takes on Berlioz's powerful operatic scene, in which the Queen of Egypt reflects on her legacy before succumbing to her fatal poisoning.

Samuel West is the narrator in Morning Heroes, written in honour of the sacrifices made by soldiers throughout the centuries - including the First World War, in which the composer lost his younger brother.

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