91Èȱ¬

With Fiona Talkington, showcasing composers and performers as part of ‘1 in 5’, the 91Èȱ¬'s focus on disability this month, marking the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Three visually impaired singers, Denise Leigh (winner of Channel 4’s Operatunity), Sandra Gayer and Victoria Oruwari join the ladies of the 91Èȱ¬ Singers in a studio recording presented by Natasha Riordan. Former R3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov is the soloist with the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Martin Yates conducts the orchestra in a recording of Robin Milford's Second Symphony from last year's English Music Festival.

Chesnokov: Svete Tihy (Gladsome Light)
Kodaly: Ave Maria
Ravel arr. Gottwald : Toi, le Coeur de la rose (from L'Enfant et les sortileges)
Sallinen: Ballad (No 4 from Songs from the Sea)
Debussy arr. Gottwald: Les Angelus
Langlaise: Hommage a Louis Braille
Duparc: Romance de mignon
Duparc: Chanson Triste
Sullivan: The sun whose rays
Bingham: God be in my Head (second setting)
Britten: Balulalow from Ceremony of Carols
Quilter: Now sleeps the crimson petal
Malotte: Lord's Prayer
German: Orpheus with his lute
Head: Under the Bower of Night (No 2 from Snowbirds)
Holst: Rig Veda (Third Group)
Vaughan Williams: The Conspiracy (Sigh no more, ladies) from Sir John in Love

Dense Leigh, Sandra Gayer, Victoria Oruwari
Ladies of the 91Èȱ¬ Singers
Anna Tilbrook – piano
Grace Rossiter - conductor

15.25
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra, conductor Johannes Wildner

16.05
Robin Milford Symphony No 2
91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates

16.35
Gordon Langford London Miniatures
91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra brass players, conductor David McCallum