EVENINGS  OF  CLASSICAL  MUSIC

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Programme for 1 June 2005

ANNIVERSARIES  -  Part 2

This is the second of a two-part programme celebrating the births/deaths of composers in multiples of 50 years  -  i.e. 1955, 1905, 1855, 1805...  -  and the first part was on 11 May 2005.

1905

CONSTANT LAMBERT  (1905 - 1951)

The Rio Grande

Della Jones  (mezzo-soprano)  &  Kathryn Stott  (piano)

The BBC Singers

BBC Concert Orchestra  -  Barry Wordsworth

MICHAEL TIPPETT  (1905 - 1998)

Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage

-  Prelude

-  Transformation and Preparation

-  First Dance:  The Earth in Autumn  -  The Hound Chases the Hare

-  Transformation and Preparation

-  Second Dance:  The Waters in Winter  -  The Otter Chases the Fish

-  Transformation and Preparation

-  Third Dance:  The Air in Spring  -  The Hawk Chases the Bird

-  Preparation and Fourth Dance:  Fire in Summer  -  The Voluntary Human Sacrifice

BBC National Orchestra of Wales  -  David Atherton

EDUARD TUBIN  (1905 - 1982)

Symphony No. 3 (Heroic)

-  Largo - Allegro energico, un poco più mosso

-  Molto allegro a tempestoso

-  Largo, maestoso - Allegro marciale, mia maestoso - Maestoso

BBC Philharmonic  -  Kristjan Järvi

1955

GEORGE ENESCU  (1881 - 1955)

Prelude for Solo Violin, Op. 9

Aaron Rosand  (violin)

ARTHUR HONEGGER  (1892 - 1955)

Une Cantate de Noël

Oliver Perkins  (treble);  Stuart MacIntyre (baritone)  &  Robert Quinney  (organ)

The BBC Singers  &  Choir of King's College, Cambridge

BBC Concert Orchestra  -  Stephen Cleobury