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Afternoon Concert: BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales - Friday

06/07/2018

BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales - Friday

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales - Friday

Penny Gore with choral works by James MacMillan from the BBC National Chorus of Wales.

Performances by the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales of works by MacMillan, Bartok, Shostakovich, Jongen and Sibelius. Presented by Penny Gore.

Penny Gore introduces choral works by James MacMillan performed by the BBC National Chorus of Wales conducted by Adrian Partington. And the programme ends with Bartok, Shostakovich and Sibelius from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales 

2.00pm
James MacMillan: 
Benedicimus Deum caeli 
Lux aeterna
Te Deum (soloists: Linda Walsh, Emma Nelson, Lily Taylor, Verity-Belle Atkinson, Camille Chappuis)
Seven Angels 
Llio Evans (soprano)
Matthew Farrell (countertenor)
Huw Llywelyn (tenor)
James Geidt (bass)
Sarah Hatch (percussion)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)
Robyn Grayling (cello)
Simon Bell (organ)
Adrian Partington (conductor)

3.05pm
Bartok: Divertimento for string orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

3.31pm
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op.107
Andrei Ionita (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Rebecca Miller (conductor)

4.00pm
Joseph Jongen: Symphonie concertante, Op.81
Thomas Trotter (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

4.44pm
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela from Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).

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