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Radio 3,13 Jul 2026,180 mins

The Gesualdo Six live at Wigmore Hall

Classical Live

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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".

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    This sweet and merry month of May
    This sweet and merry month of May
    William Byrd
  3. 2.
    Put out into the deep
    Put out into the deep
    David Bednall
  4. 3.
    Bushes and Briars
    Bushes and Briars
    Trad.