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Penny Gore features the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW. Bridge: Enter Spring. Leighton: Organ Concerto. Tippett: Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage). Holst: The Hymn of Jesus. Plus Elgar and Stanford.

Penny Gore presents a week of British Music with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales as part of Afternoon on 3's British Music Season. From 2000 to 2006, Richard Hickox was Principal Conductor with the orchestra, and together they recorded many CDs of British music. Today Penny features some of the highlights of that rich legacy, and talks to Adrian Partington, Director of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales, and who worked closely with Richard throughout that period.

2.00pm
Bridge: Enter Spring
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

2.20pm
Leighton: Organ Concerto
John Scott (organ)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

2.50pm
Tippett: Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

3.15pm
Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Op.37
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

3.40pm
Elgar (orch Gordon Jacob): Organ Sonata, Op.28
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

4.05pm
Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op.91
Gerald Finley (baritone)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Frank Bridge

    Enter spring - rhapsody for orchestra

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Kenneth Leighton

    Concerto Op.58 for organ, string orchestra and timpani

    Performer: John Scott. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Michael Tippett

    Ritual dances from 'The midsummer marriage' for orchestra & chorus ad lib.

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Hymn of Jesus Op.37

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: Gloucester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sonata (Op.28), orch. Gordon Jacob [orig. for organ]

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Songs of the sea Op.91 for baritone, male chorus and orchestra

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Singer: Gerald Finley. Ensemble: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Frank Bridge

    A Royal Night of Variety, H 184

    Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

Credits

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Jan 2017 14:00