BBC Concert Orchestra 2020-2021 BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert: Witches, Wardrobes and Wonderlands - BBC Concert Orchestra

11 Dec 2020, BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert

14:00 Fri 11 Dec 2020 Next Event

BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert: Witches, Wardrobes and Wonderlands

14:00 Fri 11 Dec 2020 BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert

The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing and with tenor Alessandro Fisher, perform works by Shirley Thompson, Finzi, Pook, Rautavaara and McCabe.

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About This Event

Penny Gore presents a concert in which the BBC Concert Orchestra performs live at the Watford Colosseum.

Shirley Thompson: Wildfire
Gerald Finzi: Farewell to Arms, Op. 9*
Jocelyn Pook: Wonderland
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lintukoto (Isle of Bliss)
Gerald Finzi: Two Sonnets, Op.12*
John McCabe: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Suite

Alessandro Fisher, tenor
Anna-Maria Helsing, conductor

Followed by Malcolm Arnold’s one act opera The Dancing Master, unperformed in the composer's lifetime, but described by one critic as "an absolute zinger" of a score. Conducted by John Andrews.

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BBC Concert Orchestra 2020-2021