BBC Singers Broadcasts

Radio 3

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 2PM
ELGAR There is sweet music
BANTOCK To the Muses segue To the Evening Star
DELIUS To be sung of a Midsummer night on the water
BBC Singers
Paul Brough conductor

TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 2PM
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No.9

BBC Singers
Paul Brough conductor

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER, 2PM
MACMILLAN So Deep segue The Gallant Weaver

MAXWELL DAVIES Westerlings
BBC Singers
James Morgan conductor

FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER, 2PM
KAIJA SAARIAHO Nuits, Adieux
BERNARD HUGHES The Death of Balder (world premiere)
BBC Singers
James Morgan conductor

PERFORMANCE ON 3 - FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER, 7PM
KODALY Matrai kepek
BBC Singers
James Weeks conductor

BARTOK The Miraculous mandarin
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano conductor

LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS REPEAT - THURSDAY 31 DECEMBER, 9.15PM
Alison Balsom trumpet
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson conductor

WORDS AND MUSIC - WEDNESDAY 23 DECEMBER, 5.10PM
IVES Crossing the bar (Sunset and evening star)
BBC SINGERS
Stephen Cleobury conductor

BBC PROMS REPEAT - WEDNESDAY 23 DECEMBER, 9.45PM
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES Westerlings
BBC Singers
David Hill conductor

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES Solstice of light for tenor, chorus and organ

BBC Singers
Ed Lyon tenor
David Goode organ
David Hill conductor

PERFORMANCE ON 3 - THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER, 7PM
HAYDN The Creation
Kate Royal soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Neal Davies bass-baritone

BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda conductor

BBC PROMS REPEAT - FRIDAY 1 JANUARY 2010
BEETHOVEN Fidelio
Waltraud Meier mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill tenor
Peter Mattei baritone
John Tomlinson bass
Viktor Rud baritone

BBC Singers
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
PERFORMANCE ON 3 - WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2010, 7PM
MENDELSSOHN Overture ‘Die Schöne Melusine’
MENDELSSOHN Verleih’ uns Frieden
MENDELSSOHN Psalm 42 ‘Wie der Hirsch schreit’, Op 42
MOZART Requiem (completed Süssmayr)
Katharine Fuge soprano
Renata Pokupicˇ mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Matthew Brook bass

BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia
David Hill conductor

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Afternoon Performance
Concert performances by the BBC Singers and BBC Orchestras can be heard every weekday afternoon, 2.00-3.40pm. Performance on 3
The BBC's Performing Groups form the backbone of Performance on 3, which presents a live or specially recorded concert every evening, Sunday-Friday.
Performance on 3 also features broadcasts by other UK and international orchestras, as well as chamber recitals and opera.
For more information, visit the Radio 3 website.

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