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Monday - Vaughan Williams 150: Symphony No 6

Martyn Brabbins conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in a new recording of Vaughan Williams's Sixth Symphony, plus music by the composer's influences and contemporaries

Presented by Ian Skelly, starting a week of afternoons as part of Radio 3's 150th anniversary celebrations of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Throughout the week Ian will be introducing live recordings, by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ensembles and from around Europe, of music by Vaughan Williams alongside some of the composers who influenced him, his contemporaries and students.

Today, Martyn Brabbins conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in a new recording of Vaughan Williams's Sixth Symphony, the King's Singers perform Tallis and Stanford at the Occitanie Montpellier Festival, we hear the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by RVW's teacher Ravel, and Michael Collins plays Finzi's Five Bagatelles.

Including:

Tallis: God grant with grace
King’s Singers

Ravel: µώ΄Η±τΓ©°ω΄Η
Frankfurt Radio SO
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale (from Three Shakespeare Songs)
Byrd: Vigilate, from 'Cantiones Sacrae' (1589)
King's Singers

c.2.30pm
Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op. 23
Michael Collins, clarinet/director
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: England, my England (1941)
Roderick Williams, baritone
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

c.3pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Vaughan: Williams Bushes and Briars
Stanford: Quick! We have but a second
King’s Singers

Stanford: Irish rhapsody No. 4 in A minor Op.141 (The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw)
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor

Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Music Played

  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux

    Choir: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan williams: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.
  • Thomas Tallis

    God grant with grace

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
  • Maurice Ravel

    µώ΄Η±τΓ©°ω΄Η

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Over hill, over dale

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
  • William Byrd

    Vigilate, from 'Cantiones Sacrae' (1589)

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op. 23

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
    • British Clarinet Concertos Volume 2.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    England, my England (1941)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.6 in E Minor

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bushes and Briars

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Quick ! We have but a second

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Irish Rhapsody No 4 in A minor (The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Constant Lambert

    Prize Fight

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lambert: Piano concerto (1924): Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔCO, Wordsworth.
    • ASV.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Pie Jesu (Requiem, Op.48)

    Music Arranger: Louis Lortie. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Chandos.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect Fool

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Oct 2022 14:00