The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff's choral symphony, "The Bells"

Elizabeth Alker presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making, with recordings from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and chamber and vocal music from the St. Magnus Festival on Orkney.

Today, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform with the Philharmonia Chorus Rachmaninoff's choral symphony, inspired by Edgar Alan Poe, 'The Bells,' conducted by Vasily Petrenko.

Elsewhere, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus perform Ralph Vaughan William's 'Serenade to Music’; and the highlights from the St. Magnus Festival include Grieg and Janacek from the Icelandic cellist Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir with pianist Antoine Préat and medieval vocal music from the Marian Consort.

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus
Andrew Manze (conductor)

St Magnus @ 50:
Edvard Grieg
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir (cello)
Antoine Préat (piano)

St Magnus @ 50:
Pierre Certon
Inviolata, integra et casta es
Marian Consort

Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Bells, Op. 35
Mirjam Mesak (soprano)
Pavel Petrov (tenor)
Andrii Kymach (baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Petrenko (conductor)

St Magnus @ 50:
Leoš Janáček
Pohádka (Fairytale)
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir (cello)
Antoine Préat (piano)

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