Performance on 3 - Philharmonia/Adrian Partington

Presented by Martin Handley. In a concert given in Hereford Cathedral as part of the 2009 Three Choirs Festival, Adrian Partington conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in works by Poulenc, John McCabe and Strauss. Sally Matthews, Carys Lane (soprano) Jeanette Ager (mezzo-soprano) Simon Wall (tenor) Giles Underwood (bass) Sally Matthews (soprano) Festival Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Adrian Partington (conductor) Poulenc: Gloria John McCabe: Songs of the Garden (world premiere of newly-commissioned orchestral version) Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) Encore: Strauss: Zueignung And from Hereford Cathedral, violinist Rachel Podger plays Bach's Sonata in C, BWV1005. And continuing our theme of music for the Three Choirs Festival: Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Nos 1, 2 and 5: Easter; I bought me flowers; Antiphon John Shirley Quirk, baritone Choir of King's College Cambridge David Willcocks, conductor EMI CDM 5655882 Tracks 1, 2 5