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Witches, Wardrobes and Wonderlands

The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing and with tenor Alessandro Fisher, perform works by Shirley Thompson, Finzi, Pook, Rautavaara and McCabe.

Penny Gore introduces a celebration of the BBC Orchestras.

Today, Georgia Mann presents a concert in which the BBC Concert Orchestra performs live at the Watford Colosseum.

Shirley Thompson: Wildfire
Gerald Finzi: Farewell to Arms, Op. 9
Jocelyn Pook: Wonderland
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lintukoto (Isle of Bliss)
Gerald Finzi: Two Sonnets, Op. 12
John McCabe: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Suite

Alessandro Fisher, tenor
BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing, conductor

Followed by Malcolm Arnold’s one act opera The Dancing Master, unperformed in the composer's lifetime, but described by one critic as "an absolute zinger" of a score. John Andrews conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra.

2 hours, 31 minutes

Music Played

  • Shirley Thompson

    Wildfire

    Performer: Kate Moore. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Farewell to Arms

    Performer: Alessandro Fisher. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Jocelyn Pook

    Wonderland

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Lintukoto

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Two Sonnets, Op 12

    Performer: Alessandro Fisher. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • John McCabe

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Dancing Master, Op 34

    Singer: Eleanor Dennis. Singer: Catherine Carby. Singer: Fiona Kimm. Singer: Ed Lyon. Singer: Mark Wilde. Singer: Graeme Broadbent. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Dec 2020 14:00