Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra

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Music from composers and performers as part of ‘1 in 5’, the BBC's focus on disability

Three visually impaired singers join the ladies of the BBC Singers to perform a selection of choral music as part of ‘1 in 5’, the BBC's focus on disability throughout November.

With Fiona Talkington, showcasing composers and performers as part of ‘1 in 5’, the BBC's focus on disability this month, marking the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Three visually impaired singers, Denise Leigh (winner of Channel 4’s Operatunity), Sandra Gayer and Victoria Oruwari join the ladies of the BBC Singers in a studio recording presented by Natasha Riordan. Former R3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov is the soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Martin Yates conducts the orchestra in a recording of Robin Milford's Second Symphony from last year's English Music Festival. 

Chesnokov:  Svete Tihy (Gladsome Light)  
Kodaly: Ave Maria  
Ravel arr. Gottwald : Toi, le Coeur de la rose (from L'Enfant et les sortileges)
Sallinen:  Ballad (No 4 from Songs from the Sea)  
Debussy arr. Gottwald:  Les Angelus  
Langlaise: Hommage a Louis Braille 
Duparc: Romance de mignon 
Duparc: Chanson Triste 
Sullivan: The sun whose rays 
Bingham:  God be in my Head (second setting)  
Britten: Balulalow from Ceremony of Carols 
Quilter: Now sleeps the crimson petal
Malotte:  Lord's Prayer 
German:  Orpheus with his lute  
Head: Under the Bower of Night  (No 2 from Snowbirds) 
Holst: Rig Veda (Third Group)   
Vaughan Williams: The Conspiracy (Sigh no more, ladies) from Sir John in Love 

Dense Leigh, Sandra Gayer, Victoria Oruwari
Ladies of the BBC Singers
Anna Tilbrook – piano
Grace Rossiter - conductor

15.25
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Johannes Wildner

16.05
Robin Milford Symphony No 2
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates

16.35
Gordon Langford London Miniatures
BBC Concert Orchestra brass players, conductor David McCallum

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