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25/02/2008

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Ann Murray and Philip Langridge perform works by Barber, Bridge and Britten. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Direct from Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp introduces a recital of songs and duets by the husband-and-wife team of mezzo-soprano Ann Murray and tenor Philip Langridge, who are joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau in a programme taking in works by Barber, Bridge, Moeran and Britten.

2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle

Concluding a survey of the symphonies of Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Plus major choral works by more peers of the musical world, Sir Granville Bantock, Sir George Dyson and Sir John Tavener, and music from this year's Royal Northern College of Music festival of Brass.

Bantock: Omar Khayyam Part 1
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 6
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor).

4 hours

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Mon 25 Feb 2008 13:00

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  • Mon 25 Feb 2008 13:00