Afternoon on 3 - BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra - Episode 1

Today's programme, celebrating the work of the BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra includes a concert given by the BBC Singers at the Pays de Hanau Festival in France. And the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich's Violin Concerto with soloist Sarah Chang. Presented by Penny Gore 2pm Timothy Jackson: No Answer BBC Singers Onyx Brass Stephen Disley (organ) Nicholas Cleobury (conductor) Richard Peat: Fiery the Angels (first performance) Onyx Brass 2.35 Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Sarah Chang (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 3.10 Finzi: Dies Natalis Susan Gritton (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) 3.40 Delius: A Late Lark Susan Gritton (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) 3.45 Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV.229 Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor Purcell: Hear my Prayer, Z.15 Chilcott: My Prayer Holst: Nunc Dimittis Sanstrom: Lobet den Herrn Mendelssohn: Die Deutsche Liturgie Daniel-Lesur: Le Cantique des Cantiques BBC Singers David Hill (conductor).