Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Welsh Music | 20170123 | Penny Gore introduces a week of British Music with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as part of Afternoon on 3's British Music Season. Includes a concert recorded in Cardiff last November with Nicola Heywood Thomas, as part of the Welsh Foundations Series, focusing on three major composers of the twentieth century - Alun Hoddinott, William Mathias and Daniel Jones. Nicola also talks to a Welsh composer who has left her native land to live and work in the USA - Hilary Tann. The final programme in the series is live this Friday from the home of the orchestra, BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff. 2pm Alun Hoddinott: The Sun, the Great Luminary of the Universe, Op 76 Tecwyn Evans (conductor) 2.20pm William Mathias: Piano Concerto No 3, Op 40 Ll?r Williams (piano) 2.45pm Alan Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies Perry So (conductor) 3.10pm Hilary Tann: The Grey Tide and the Green 3.25pm Daniel Jones: Symphony (in memory of John Fussell) 4.05pm Bridge: The Sea Martyn Brabbins. BBC NOW in Hoddinott, Matthias, Rawsthorne, Hilary Tann, Daniel Jones and Frank Bridge. |
| 02 | 20170124 | Penny Gore presents a week of British Music with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as part of Afternoon on 3's British Music Season. From 2000 to 2006, Richard Hickox was Principal Conductor with the orchestra, and together they recorded many CDs of British music. Today Penny features some of the highlights of that rich legacy, and talks to Adrian Partington, Director of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, and who worked closely with Richard throughout that period. 2.00pm Bridge: Enter Spring Richard Hickox (conductor) 2.20pm Leighton: Organ Concerto John Scott (organ) 2.50pm Tippett: Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage 3.15pm Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Op.37 Gloucester Cathedral Choir 3.40pm Elgar (orch Gordon Jacob): Organ Sonata, Op.28 4.05pm Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op.91 Gerald Finley (baritone) Richard Hickox (conductor). The BBC NOW performs music by Bridge, Leighton, Tippett, Holst, Elgar and Stanford. | |
| 03 | 20170125 | Penny Gore presents a week of concerts by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as part of Afternoon on 3's British Music Season. Today features recent concerto performances from Llandudno and Cardiff including highlights from the 2016 Vale of Glamorgan Festival. 2.00pm Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) Christoph Koenig (conductor) 2.30pm Guto Puw: Violin Concerto Madeleine Mitchell (violin) Edwin Outwater (conductor) 2.50pm Mark David Boden: Ghyll 3.05pm Karl Jenkins: Euphonium Concerto David Childs (euphonium) Bramwell Tovey (conductor). The BBC NOW plays music by Elgar, Guto Puw, Mark Boden and Karl Jenkins. With Penny Gore. |