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Afternoon Concert: Wednesday - BBC Singers at the BBC Proms Dubai

Wednesday - BBC Singers at the BBC Proms Dubai

29/03/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Wednesday - BBC Singers at the BBC Proms Dubai

BBC Singers in music by Stanford, Tippett, Dove, Warlock, Cowie, Grainger and Wikeley.

Petroc Trelawny introduces the BBC Singers performing music by Stanford, Tippett, Dove, Warlock, Cowie, Grainger and Wikeley on tour in Dubai.

2.00pm 
Voices from the Isles 
Petroc Trelawny joins the BBC Singers in the Dubai Opera House for a concert recorded last week during the BBC Singers' visit to Dubai. The programme is a geographical choral exploration of the diverse sounds and influences of music in The British Isles. The music celebrates the inspiration of traditional folk songs and musical settings of the great poets. 

Stanford: Three Motets
Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles
Jonathan Dove: It sounded as if the Streets were running 
Warlock: 3 Belloc Songs 
BBC Singers
James Burton (conductor)

c 2.40pm
Cowie: Lyre Bird Motet 
Grainger: Brigg Fair; Irish Tune from County Derry
Jonathan Wikeley: Everything Stops for Tea 
BBC Singers
James Burton (conductor).

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