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Monday - Hymn to St Cecilia

Celebrating the patron saint of music and Britten's birthday with the BBC Singers, plus a new work by award-winning composer, pianist and educator Kristina Arakelyan.

Fortuitously, Benjamin Britten's birthday fell on St Cecilia's day, the patron saint of music. The BBC Singers join organist Anna Lapwood for music by him and by rising young composer Kristina Arakelyan. There's also the first part of one of the first ever operas, orchestral music by Dvorak and John Foulds, and a delightful late work by Richard Strauss.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Dvorak: Legend no. 1
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen, conductor

Foulds: Holiday Sketches
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor

Emilio de' Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo: Act One
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, conductor

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Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Britten/Lapwood: Four Sea interludes
Kristina Arakelyan: Seascapes
Anna Lapwood, organ
BBC Singers
Ben Palmer, conductor

Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe
BBC Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

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Mon 22 Nov 2021 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legends, No. 1

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • John Foulds

    Holiday Sketches (Op.16) [1908]

    Performer: Cynthia Fleming. Performer: Katharine Wood. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • GBBBC.

  • Emilio de' Cavalieri

    Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo, sacred opera - Act 1

    Singer: Stefanie True. Singer: Raffaele Giordani. Singer: Massimo Lombardi. Singer: João Pedro Moreira. Singer: Jan Kullmann. Singer: Roberto Rilievi. Singer: Sebastian Myrus. Singer: Perrine Devillers. Singer: Maria Chiara Gallo. Singer: Hugo Oliveira. Singer: Zsuzsi Tóth. Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons (January - By the Fireside)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    June: Barcarolle (The Seasons Op.37b)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky - The Seasons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 1 - Dawn

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Music Arranger: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum.
    • 9.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Seascapes: Bird Raptures

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 2 - Sunday Morning

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Music Arranger: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum.
    • 10.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Seascapes: By the sea

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Seascapes: Echo

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 4 - Storm

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Music Arranger: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum.
    • 12.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Seascapes: Storm Wind

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto in D major, AV 144

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata in C major, Op.7

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Nov 2021 14:00
    BBC Radio 3