Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvorak [Performance On 3]

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01Thu 19th March 2009 - Part 120090319Presented by Martin Handley.

In a concert from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, David Hill conducts the BBC Singers in a performance of Lenten motets by Bruckner, a setting by Mendelssohn of some of Christ's words from the cross and a consolatory spiritual song by Brahms.

Stephen Betteridge (piano)

David Hill (conductor)

Bruckner: Locus iste; Christus factus est; Ave Maria

Mendelssohn: Mein Gott,warum hast du mich verlassen, Op 78 No 3

Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op 30.

David Hill conducts the BBC Singers in music by Bruckner, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

02Thu 19th March 2009 - Part 220090319Presented by Martin Handley.

The BBC Singers's concert from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, concludes with Dvorak's setting of the Stabat mater - the Virgin Mary's sorrowful hymn to the body of her dead son. This was Dvorak's first religious work, begun in 1876 at a moment of intense personal tragedy after the death of his eldest daughter. Sadly, both of Dvorak's other two children also died while he was composing the Stabat mater, and it became a lament to his loss. Later re-cast with orchestral accompaniment, the performance is the UK premiere of Dvorak's original 1876 version for choir and piano.

Olivia Robinson (soprano)

Margaret Cameron (mezzo-soprano)

Edward Goater (tenor)

Charles Gibbs (bass)

Stephen Betteridge (piano)

David Hill (conductor)

Dvorak: Stabat mater, Op 58 (UK premiere of 1876 version)

Followed by music from the generation of composers who influenced Henry Purcell.

The BBC Singers' concert concludes with Dvorak's setting of the Stabat mater.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.