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Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy. Elgar: Cello Concerto; Serenade for Strings. A Cooke: Symphony No 6. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending.

All this week Catriona Young presents the BBC Philharmonic in music from the British Isles to launch Afternoon on 3's British music season.

Today, two of the most popular pieces in the orchestral repertoire, by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, alongside the first performance of a symphony by the Yorkshire-born composer Arnold Cooke.

2pm
Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
BBC Philharmonic
Michael Seal (conductor)

Elgar: Cello Concerto
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

c.2.45pm
Arnold Cooke: Symphony No 6 (first performance)
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Gourlay (conductor)

c.3.15pm
Elgar: Serenade for strings
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Leo Hussain (conductor)

c.3.45pm
David Matthews: Symphony No 8
BBC Philharmonic
Jac van Steen (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 12 Sep 201614:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alec Roth

    Lights Out (Edward Thomas)

    Performer: Mark Padmore. Performer: Morgan Szymanski.

  • Arnold Bax

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.

  • Arnold Cooke

    Symphony no.6

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Hussain.

  • David Matthews

    Symphony no.8

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

Credit

PerformerBBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Sep 201614:00
    BBC Radio 3