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Afternoon Concert: Wednesday - BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra

17/05/2017

Wednesday - BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Wednesday - BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra

With the BBC Singers performing music by Harvey, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto.

With the BBC Singers performing music by Jonathan Harvey and Elizabeth Poston. Plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloist Rachel Barton-Pine playing Elgar's Violin Concerto.

Works by Jonathan Harvey and Elizabeth Poston from the BBC Singers, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto from Rachel Barton-Pine and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Presented by Katie Derham

2.00pm
Harvey: Forms of Emptiness 
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

2.10 pm
Poston: Balulalow; Laudate Dominum; The Carol of the Crown; Song of Wisdom
BBC Singers
Richard Pearce, conductor
Stephen Farr, piano/organ

2.25pm
Harvey: How could the soul not take flight 
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

2.35pm
Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op.61
Rachel Barton-Pine, violin 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor.

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