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Conductor Martyn Brabbins returns to conduct the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in the world premiere of Bristol-based composer John Pickard's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission, Elemental.Ìý

Elemental is a work of celebration of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, to whom the piece is dedicated. The text, specially written by Gavin D’Costa, is also a celebration: of the world in all its beauty, and of the awesome and mysterious natural forces that shape our lives. The work is structured around the four classical elements: Earth, Fire, Air and Water, framed at the beginning and the end by the image of the Earth from space – a ‘brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky’, as the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin described it.

The programme also includes the music of Sarah Garrard, a former student of John Pickard at Bristol University, alongside works by Holst, Britten and Elgar.

There will be one interval.

This concert will be broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 24 September.

Elizabeth Bass harp
Andrew Barclay percussion
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Martyn Brabbins conductor

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Holst Rig Veda hymns
Britten The Ballad of Little Musgrave
Garrard Missa Brevis 
Elgar Five Part-songs from The Greek Anthology, Op. 45

Interval

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