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BBC Radio 3Mon 7 May 2012 19:30 BBC Radio 3
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Mon 7 May 2012 19:30 BBC Radio 3
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Radio 3 Live in Concert, Live from Birmingham Town Hall Episode 1 of 2
Live from Birmingham Town Hall
Presented by Alistair McGowan
For Portraits Day, the impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan hosts this special concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth, of musical portraits from England and America.
The most prominent American portrait comes from Aaron Copland, who sets Lincoln's renowned Gettysburg address, while Virgil Thomson's waltzes reflect the colourful life of New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Eric Coates' suite celebrates in music three English queens: Queen Elizabeth II, her mother, and her ancestral namesake. The culmination of the evening is perhaps the most famous collection of musical portraits, Elgar's depiction of his friends in the Enigma Variations.
Coates: Suite Three Elizabeths
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Virgil Thomson: La Guardia Waltzes
Stuart Milligan (narrator),
BBC Concert Orchestra,
conductor Barry Wordsworth.
BBC Radio 3Mon 7 May 2012 19:30 BBC Radio 3
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