Episodes
Series | First Broadcast | Comments |
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AO3 | 20170424 | ![]() Penny Gore presents a week of performances from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including recent concerts and new studio recordings. Today features a concert the orchestra gave at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre with some staples of the romantic repertoire: Strauss, Brahms - and Leonard Elschenbroich is soloist in Elgar's Cello Concerto. Plus a new recording of the Symphony No.1 by the Anglo-Dutch composer Bernard van Dieren, scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra, and based on the same source material as Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. 2pm Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Overture Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op.98 Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) Christoph Koenig (conductor) c.3.35pm Handel: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op.6 No.6 Rachel Podger (director) c.3.45pm Dieren: Symphony No. 1, Op.6, (Chinese) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) Nathan Vale (tenor) Morgan Pearse (baritone) David Soar (bass) BBC National Chorus Of Wales William Boughton (conductor). |