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ѿý Music Day: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra

With the ѿý Singers in a live concert to celebrate ѿý Music Day. Plus music from ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Panufnik: Symphony No 3. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2.

Penny Gore presents a day of music to celebrate ѿý Music Day. Katie Derham introduces the ѿý Singers in a live concert at 3.30 from the cheese-making Ford Farm in Dorchester, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ѿý ѿý Service's Workers' Playtime.
With ensembles performing on bridges up and down the country, the programme also includes the Severn Bridge Variations, written by six composers to celebrate the bridge being built in 1966. And there are performances by the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Panufnik, and pianist Denis Kozhukhin stars in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto recorded in Shanghai during the orchestra's tour of China last year.

2pm
Panufnik - Sinfonia sacra (Symphony No.3)
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

c.2:20
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18 for piano and orchestra
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Introduced by Katie Derham, a live performance given by the ѿý Singers from Ford Farm in Dorchester.
3:30

Introduced by Penny Gore
c.4:10
Arnold/Hoddinott/Maw/Jones/Williams/Tippett: Severn Bridge Variations
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Jac Van Steen (conductor).

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Fri 3 Jun 2016 14:00

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Music Played

  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Sinfonia sacra (Symphony no.3)

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz.

    Recorded 21 June 2015 at City Halls, Glasgow

  • Total Immersion Ensemble

    Activate

    Director: Fraser Trainer.

    Inspired by the Louis Andriessen piece Workers' Union

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Martyn Brabbins.

    Recorded 30 December 2014 at the Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor Op.18

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

    Recorded 4 January 2015 at the Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China

  • John Foulds

    Puppet Ballet Suite: no.5 March Finale

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • ѿý Singers live

    • Charles Villiers Stanford

      Quick, we have but a second

      Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • John Rutter

      It was a lover and his lass

      Author: William Shakespeare. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Charles Villiers Stanford

      Beati quorum via from 3 Motets Op.38 (No.3)

      Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Billy Joel

      And so it goes

      Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Arvo Pärt

      Bogoroditse Dyevo

      Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • George Gershwin

      By Strauss (from 'The show is on')

      Music Arranger: Richard Rodney Bennett. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Bob Chilcott

      Weather Report

      Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Severn Bridge Variations for orchestra

    Composer: Alun Hoddinott. Composer: Nicholas Maw. Composer: Daniel Jones. Composer: Grace Williams. Composer: Michael Tippett. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Themes & Variations.
    • NMC.
    • D062.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    The Noonday Witch Op.108

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.

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Performer ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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  • Fri 3 Jun 2016 14:00