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大象传媒 Performing Groups Round Up of the Year

Elizabeth Alker presents a round-up of the best of the 大象传媒 Performing Groups this year.

Elizabeth Alker presents a round-up of the best of the 大象传媒 Performing Groups this year: starting today with a concert featuring prolific author Alexander McCall Smith.
His highly successful series 'The No.1 Ladies鈥� Detective Agency' sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone, and his books have become bestsellers throughout the world. For one afternoon only, McCall Smith joins forces with the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra to bring to life much- loved characters from Botswana, Scotland and Italy, wrapped around an eclectic array of his favourite music to guarantee a unique and magical experience.

Rossini: Overture The Italian Girl in Algiers
Respighi: Gli Uccelli (The Birds) No 3 - La Colomba
Maxwell-Davies: Farewell to Stromness
Walton: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part (Henry V)
Mozart: Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
Malcolm Arnold: Scottish Dance No 1
John Barry: Out of Africa (Main Theme)
Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, No 3 - La Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus)
Malcolm Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt

Alexander McCall Smith (narrator)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
David Parry (conductor)

3.45pm

Ethel Smyth: Mass in D major

Susanna Hurrell, soprano
Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson, tenor
Duncan Rock, baritone
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

3 hours

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Tue 17 Dec 2019 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture L'Italiana in Algeri

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds No.2 La Colomba (The Dove)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • William Walton

    Touch her Lips Softly and Part (Henry V)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture the Marriage of Figaro

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Dance No.1

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Three Botticelli Pictures (Birth of Venus)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Beckus the Dandipratt

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Mass in D major

    Singer: Susanna Hurrell. Singer: Catriona Morison. Singer: Ben Johnson. Singer: Duncan Rock. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Viviane

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Dec 2019 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3