Afternoon Concert

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Penny Gore presents great BBC Proms of recent years given by BBC orchestras and choirs.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Messiaen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Turnage. Presented by Penny Gore.

Penny Gore with great BBC Prom concerts from recent years by BBC orchestras and choirs: today the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Messiaen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra playing Turnage.

Today's programme features two major choral-orchestral works.  From a Prom given in 2008, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and their then Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer are joined by massed choirs and seven instrumental soloists in Messiaen's gigantic La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.  Plus, from the 2017 Proms, the European premiere of Hibiki by Mark-Anthony Turnage, who celebrates his 60th birthday this year.

2.00pm
Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ  
Adam Walker (flute)
Julian Bliss (clarinet)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
Adrian Spillett (marimba)
Colin Currie (xylorimba)
Richard Benjafield (vibraphone)
Gerard Bouwhuis (piano)
Philharmonia Voices
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales	
Conductor Thierry Fischer 

3.50pm	
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Hibiki (European premiere)
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano)
Finchley Children's Music Group
New London Children's Choir 
BBC Symphony Orchestra	
Conductor Kazushi Ono

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