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Penny Gore introduces performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers.

Penny Gore introduces performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers, featuring music by David Hamilton and Brett Dean as part of the Southern Hemisphere season.

Penny Gore continues her week of performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers. Today's programme features more from Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere season: the BBC Singers perform choral works by New Zealander David Hamilton and Australian Brett Dean. The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius, Shostakovich and Strauss, and there are highlights from the BBC Singers' Gorecki - Total Immersion.

2pm
Mendelssohn
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt - overture, Op.27
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

c.2.10
Lobo
Ave regina caelorum for 5 voices [SSATB] [Liber primus missarum, 1602]
Parsons Ave Maria for 5 voices
BBC Singers
Peter Phillips (conductor)

Sibelius
En Saga, Op.9
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.2.45pm
David Hamilton
Lux aeterna for chorus
Brett Dean
Concedas, Domine (Grace) for chorus
BBC Singers
Matthew Hamilton (conductor)

2.55pm
Shostakovich
Symphony No.1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Duncan Ward (conductor)

Gorecki
Totus tuus
BBC Singers
Guildhall Musicians
David Hill (conductor)

Gorecki
Piano Sonata
Emiko Edwards (piano)

c.3.55pm
Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

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