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Radio 3 Carol Competition, Two London symphonies

The live final of the 2018 Radio 3 Carol Competition: whose setting of Carol Anne Duffy's poem The Bee Carol will win? Plus the London symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams.

The live final of the 2018 Radio 3 Carol Competition: whose setting of Carol Anne Duffy's poem 'The Bee Carol' will win? Plus a 20th century American masterpiece from Roy Harris and another chance to hear the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Prom from July of so-called 'London' Symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams

2.00pm
Live from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Maida Vale studios, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and principal guest conductor Bob Chilcott perform the six shortlisted entries in this year’s ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Carol Competition. Pianist Richard Pearce joins the group in a programme interspersed with festive solo repertoire

3.00pm
Roy Harris: Symphony no.3
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor
City Halls, 15/3

3.20pm
Haydn: Symphony no.104 'London'
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.2 'London'
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

3 hours

Music Played

  • Roy Harris

    Symphony no. 3

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 104 in D major H.1.104 (London)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London symphony (Symphony no.2)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Volume 2: Ulster Orchestra/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Dec 2018 14:00