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With Penny Gore. Sibelius: Wood Nymph. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (with Martin Roscoe). Nielsen: Symphony No 2. Plus the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in music by Tomkins, Milton and Weelkes.

Penny Gore presents a concert given last week by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic. And the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers conclude this week's exploration of five centuries of music for the British Royal Court with a concert of music composed to mark the premature death in November 1612 of the bright and promising Prince Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales. With his early demise the heirship to the English and Scottish thrones passed to his younger brother, the ill-fated Charles.
Music for Prince Henry includes many moving settings by the finest English and Scottish composers of the time including:

Tomkins:Know you not that a great Prince has died
Ramsey: Sleep, Fleshly Birth
Weelkes: David's Lament for Jonathan
Tomkins: When David Heard; Then David Mourned
John Milton: When David Heard
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, James McVinnie (chamber organ), Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

approx 2.45pm
Sibelius: Wood Nymph
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic, John StorgÃ¥rds (conductor)

approx 3.05pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat 'Emperor,' Op. 73,
Martin Roscoe (piano), ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic, John StorgÃ¥rds (conductor)

approx 3.45pm
Nielsen: Symphony No. 2 'The Four Temperaments'
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic, John StorgÃ¥rds (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 2 Nov 2012 14:00

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  • Fri 2 Nov 2012 14:00