26 December 2005
Monday 26 December 2005 22:20-0:00 (Radio 3)
Continuing the special Christmas series of highlights from the summer Proms. A recently discovered setting of The Skye Boat Song was among the choral works by Tippett which rounded off this year's Proms tribute for the composer's centenary. Interspersed between the Tippett vocal works, the harp features prominently in two recent chamber pieces.
Presented by Louise Fryer, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.
Duration:
1 hour 40 minutes
Playlist:
Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air
David Horne: Splintered Instruments
Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles, England - Early One Morning; Ireland - Lilliburlero; Scotland - Poortith Cauld; Wales - Gwenllian
Tippett: Over the Sea to Skye (London premiere)
Elliott Carter: Mosaic
Tippett, arr Meirion Bowen: The Tempest suite
Mark Padmore (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
