Radio 3

The Gesualdo Six perform live from Wigmore Hall, with a collection of exquisite vocal consort pieces. And Mark Forrest introduces a week of specially recorded performances from the recent St. Magnus Festival in this, its 50th year. And throughout this week, Classical Live is shining a spotlight on the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Vasily Petrenko with exclusive recordings. Today, you can tune in for Elgar's symphonic study Falstaff. Also, baritone Roderick Williams performs a new work from the Scottish composer Jay Capperauld with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Andrew Manze. LIVE FROM WIGMORE HALL: The Gesualdo Six Introduced for Classical Live by Petroc Trelawny Programme: William Byrd: This sweet and merry month of May David Bednall: Put out into the deep Trad/English: Bushes and Briars (arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams) Alison Willis: The Wind's Warning Joby Talbot: The Wishing Tree Trad/Irish: The Lark in the Clear Air (arranged by James Whitbourn) Anna Semple: My Bonnie Lies Christen Holmes: Summer Shower Josquin des Prez: El Grillo Orlando Gibbons: The silver swan Charles Villiers Stanford: 4 Poems by Mary E Coleridge Op. 119: The Blue Bird Owain Park: When love speaks Francis Poulenc: Petites voix Trad/English: The Oak and the Ash (arranged by Gordon Langford) c2.00 Edward Elgar Falstaff - Symphonic Study Op. 68 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) St Magnus @ 50: Franz Schubert Divertissement à la hongroise, D. 818 Pavel Kolesnikov/Samson Tsoy (piano duo) Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation - 'The Representation of Chaos' Scottish Chamber Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor) Jay Capperauld The Language of Eden Roderick Williams (baritone) Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus Andrew Manze (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".