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Afternoon on 3 - with Verity Sharp.

Another chance to hear Sir Mark Elder and the 贬补濒濒茅 performing Vaughan Williams's rarely-heard oratorio Sancta civitas alongside works by Debussy and Elgar.

Presented by Martin Handley from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Debussy: Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op 63

Robin Tritschler (tenor)
Iain Paterson (baritone)
贬补濒濒茅 Youth Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
贬补濒濒茅 Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
贬补濒濒茅
Mark Elder (conductor)

Sir Mark Elder and the 贬补濒濒茅 champion Vaughan Williams's neglected oratorio Sancta civitas - an ecstatic vision of post-apocalyptic salvation. It's a piece made for the huge space of the Royal Albert Hall, where its heavenly trumpets and choirs can swell to full force. Described by Elgar's wife as 'vast in design and supremely beautiful', his Second Symphony took a while to win public affection, but is now almost as cherished as Debussy's evocative tone-poem depicting the lascivious thoughts of a sleepy faun - a work the composer Pierre Boulez has hailed as signalling the beginning of modern music.

[First broadcast last Thursday]

Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.