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Afternoon on 3: Proms 2015 Repeats

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats: 03/08/2015

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03/08/2015

Proms 2015 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2015 Repeats, 03/08/2015

Mark Elder conducts the Halle in music by Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.

A Prom featuring the Halle conducted by Mark Elder. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas. Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat, Op 63.

Afternoon on 3 - with Verity Sharp.

Another chance to hear Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé performing Vaughan Williams's rarely-heard oratorio Sancta civitas alongside works by Debussy and Elgar.

Presented by Martin Handley from the Royal Albert Hall, London


Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op 63

Robin Tritschler (tenor)
Iain Paterson (baritone)
Hallé Youth Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Hallé Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Hallé
Mark Elder (conductor)

Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé champion Vaughan Williams's neglected oratorio Sancta civitas - an ecstatic vision of post-apocalyptic salvation. It's a piece made for the huge space of the Royal Albert Hall, where its heavenly trumpets and choirs can swell to full force. Described by Elgar's wife as 'vast in design and supremely beautiful', his Second Symphony took a while to win public affection, but is now almost as cherished as Debussy's evocative tone-poem depicting the lascivious thoughts of a sleepy faun - a work the composer Pierre Boulez has hailed as signalling the beginning of modern music. 

[First broadcast last Thursday]

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2015 Repeats

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.

Another chance to hear concerts from the 2015 BBC Proms season

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