Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Ruby Hughes and Friends (1/3)

Ruby Hughes and Friends (1/3)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Ruby Hughes and Friends (1/3)

Soprano Ruby Hughes and friends perform music by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Dowland.

Soprano Ruby Hughes and friends perform at Bangor Abbey: a unique place of worship founded by St Comgall in 558AD on the southern shore of Belfast Lough.

John Toal introduces this series, celebrating the talents of the distinguished soprano Ruby Hughes – one of the UK’s most passionate programmers, curators and collaborators. She's joined by Jonas Nordberg (lute), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) and Huw Watkins (piano), in the setting of Bangor Abbey: a unique place of worship founded by St Comgall in 558AD, on the southern shore of Belfast Lough.

Today's programme features works by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Dowland.

Vaughan Williams:
The Lark Ascending 									
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin / Huw Watkins Piano

Dowland:										
The Earl of Derby’s Galliard 								 
Sorrow Stay 											 
Now, Oh Now I Needs Must Part - The Frog Galliard 	
In Darkness Let Me Dwell									 
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite						 
Ruby Hughes soprano / Jonas Nordberg lute

Britten:
Night Piece “Notturno” 							
Huw Watkins Piano

Britten:								
How Sweet The Answer 
I Wonder As I wander
O Waly Waly
Ruby Hughes soprano / Huw Watkins Piano

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