Performance on 3 - Felicity Lott, Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins

Presented by Catherine Bott. Dame Felicity Lott joins the Nash Ensemble, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, in an all-French programme that launches the Wigmore Hall's 'L'invitation au voyage' series, which takes its name from the song by Duparc that begins the concert and is followed by other songs by that composer. The Nash Ensemble perform Saint-Saens's fascinating Piano Quartet in B flat, before the concluding pieces - classic Debussy and Berlioz's cycle Les nuits d'ete. Felicity Lott (soprano) Nash Ensemble Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Phidyle Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet in B flat, Op 41 Debussy, arr. Walter: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Berlioz, arr. Matthews: Les nuits d'ete, Op 7 Followed by the first in a series focusing on the British Composer Awards. Catherine is joined by Sarah Rodgers to explore the work of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and the background to the awards. Harrison Birtwistle: The Tree of Strings - String Quartet (excerpt) Arditti String Quartet Judith Bingham: Shakespeare Requiem (excerpt) Leeds Festival chorus BBC Philharmonic Simon Wright (director) Mira Calix: My Secret Heart Streetwise Opera performers Oliver Coates (cello) Xandi van Dijk (viola) Simon Fidler (musical director)