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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ CO - Glazunov, Elgar, Bennett, Bax, Lehar, J Strauss II

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth join the ladies of the New London Chamber Choir for seasonal music, including Glazunov, Elgar, Bennett, Bax, Lehar and J Strauss II.

Live from The Colosseum, Watford

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and their Conductor Laureate Barry Wordsworth combine with the ladies of the New London Chamber Choir for a concert of seasonal music.

Glazunov: Winter from "The Seasons"
Elgar: The Snow
R R Bennett: Four American Carols
Bax: Christmas Eve (revised version, c.1921)

8.10 Interval Music

Lehar: Gold and Silver Waltz
Johann Strauss II: Champagne Polka
Rimsky Korsakov: The Snow Maiden Suite
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (end of Act 1)

New London Chamber Choir
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

Russian ballet music starts and ends this concert of music for the season of Christmas and the New Year, and in between we pay a toe-tapping visit to a grand 19th-century Viennese Ball with a classic waltz and a polka from the pen of Strauss and Lehar. Plus a chance to hear Richard Rodney Bennett's Four American Carols - typically touching and beautiful choral settings from this most masterly and versatile of English composers, which include his alternative tune for Away in a Manger.

After the concert: Llyr Williams plays Wagner's piano music.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Eine Sonate fur das Album von Frau M.W. in A flat major for piano

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Richard Wagner

    Isolde's Liebestod from 'Tristan und Isolde', transc. for piano

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Dec 2013 19:30

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