Midsummer from Snape

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The Iceland Philharmonic Choir join the BBC Concert Orchestra and Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing at the Maltings in Snape for a concert of Nordic summer music. Presented by Sarah Walker. Hugo Alfvén: Midsommarvaka (Midsummer Vigil)/Swedish Rhapsody No 1, op. 19 Nielsen: Fynsk Forår, op. 42, "Som en græsgrøn plet" (Like a grassy green spot) Páll Ísólfsson: Brennið þið, vitar (Let the lighthouse shine) Jón Ásgeirsson: Maístjarnan (The Star of May) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March Heikki Aaltoila: Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi (The Wedding Waltz of Akseli and Elina) from the film Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Here Beneath a North Star) Hugo Alfvén: Och jungfrun hon går i ringen (And the Maiden, She Goes in a Ring) Mia Makeroff: Butterfly Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: El Hambo Hugo Alfvén: Vallflickans dans (Dance of the Herdsmaiden) from Bergakungen (The Mountain King) Suite, op. 37 No 4 INTERVAL Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: 1. Summer Song; 2. At Frösö Church (Frösöblomster) Jón Nordal: Vorkvæði um Ísland Snorri Sigfús Birgisson: Afmorsvísa Nils Lindberg: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day Karin Rehnqvist: Hymn Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight Grieg: Olav Trygvason, Op. 50, Scene 3 - Giv alla Guder gammens og gledesskal (Give to all Gods a Grace-Cup of Gratitude) Iceland Philharmonic Choir Conductor Magnus Ragnarsson BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing