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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra (1/5)

Ian Skelly presents the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in music by Vaughan Williams, Beethoven and James MacMillan.

Ian Skelly presents an afternoon of recordings from the the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, including music by Vaughan Williams, Beethoven and James MacMillan.

Marking Deafblind Awareness Week, Sakari Oramo conducts Beethoven's 5th Symphony, and continuing the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO's 90th birthday celebrations throughout 2021, Ian remembers one of the orchestra's many world premiere performances from today's greatest composers, with James MacMillan's The Quickening from the 1999 Proms. Plus new studio recordings featuring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO brass and string sections.

Including:

2pm
Jolivet: Fanfares pour Britannicus
Brass of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Weeden (conductor)

c.2.35pm
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.3.10pm
Panufnik (Roxanna and Andrej): Modlitwa
Strings of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Chloé can Soeterstède (conductor)

c.3.30pm
James MacMillan: The Quickening
Hilliard Ensemble, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

2 hours, 31 minutes

Music Played

  • André Jolivet

    Fanfare pour Britannicus

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Nocturnes

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • ALBION.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.5 in C Minor Op.67

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • ALBION.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Modlitwa

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chloé van Soeterstède.
    • ALBION.
  • Florent Schmitt

    Lied et Scherzo, Op.54

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
  • James McMillan

    The Quickening

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 720

    Music Arranger: Walter Damrosch. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach : The Conductor's Transcriptions.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Jun 2021 14:00