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Penny Gore presents the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers in Tarik O'Regan's The Night's Untruth. Plus music by Hannah Kendall, Britten, Walton, Prokofiev, Schumann and Messiaen.

Today's programme featuring the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers and Symphony Orchestra includes the first performance of Tarik O'Regan's The Night's Untruth. Plus another chance to hear a concert the Singers gave during the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by David Hill. And the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts for the music Walton wrote for the film As you like it, followed by Prokofiev's ballet music for Romeo and Juliet.

Presented by Penny Gore

2pm
Tarik O'Regan: The Night's Untruth (first performance)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers
Onyx Brass
Stephen Disley (organ)
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)

Hannah Kendall: Fundamental
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers
Onyx Brass
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)

2.30
Britten Quatre Chansons Francaises
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

2.50
Walton: As you Like it
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)

3.05
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - extracts
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)

3.45
Schumann: 4 Songs for double chorus, Op.141
Crawford Seeger: 3 Chants for women's chorus
Britten: Sacred and profane
Kurtag: 8 Choruses to poems by Deszo Tandori
Messiaen: 5 Rechants
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Singers
David Hill (conductor).

3 hours

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Apr 2010 14:00