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Kerensa Briggs's Requiem

For Remembrance Day, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers perform the Requiem by Kerensa Briggs. Plus, Elgar's The Spirit of England, and Grieg's Holberg Suite performed by the Ulster Orchestra.

Penny Gore presents concert performances from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ performing groups and from across Europe. With Remembrance Day tomorrow, today's 3pm highlight is Kerensa Briggs's moving Requiem, performed by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Other music for Remembrance includes part of Elgar's The Spirit of England and William Grant Still's In memoriam. And the Ulster Orchestra performs Grieg's evergreen Holberg Suite.

Alexis Ffrench: The Last Post
Alexis Ffrench (piano)
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam Klemens (cond.)

Beethoven: Romance No.1 in G
James Ehnes (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (cond.)

Elgar: The Spirit of England – Part 3: For the fallen
Susan Gritton (soprano)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
David Lloyd Jones (cond.)

Robert Schumann: Introduction and allegro appassionato
Michael McHale (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (cond.)

c3pm
Kerensa Briggs: Requiem
Stephen Farr (organ)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
David Hill (cond.)

c3.40pm
William Grant Still: In Memoriam
Fort Smith Symphony
John Jeter (cond.)

Grieg: Holberg Suite
Ulster Orchestra
Dionysis Grammenos (cond.)

Copland: El salon Mexico
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
John Wilson (cond.)

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Nov 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Cox and Box (Overture)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Unknown

    The Last Post

    Music Arranger: Alexis Ffrench. Performer: Alexis Ffrench. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adam Klemens.
    • Sony.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance no.1 in G major Op.40

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • ONYX.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue à la Gigue

    Orchestrator: Gustav Holst. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach: Transcriptions for Orchestra: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Spirit of England (part 3)

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Singer: Susan Gritton. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England.
    • Epoch.
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    Introduction and allegro appassionato

    Performer: Michael McHale. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • ´¡±Ê´¡¸é°ÕÉ.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Requiem

    Performer: Stephen Farr. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne, Op 78

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.
  • William Grant Still

    In Memoriam

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Dionysis Grammenos.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3: III. Adagio molto

    • Schumann: String Quartet, Op. 41 No. 3 - Mozart: String Quartet No. 3, K. 156.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Aaron Copland

    El salon Mexico

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Nov 2023 14:00