Episode 16
Music to accompany the BBC Four Symphony series. With Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D. Britten: Four Sea Interludes. Elgar: Sea Pictures. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7).
Louise Fryer continues Radio 3's month of programmes complementing the BBC4 series "Symphony" - including every note of every Symphony featured in the television series.
Today with Sibelius and Vaughan Williams we cross from the 1800s to the 1900s, in two recent performances from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The concert starting around 2.45pm took place just last Sunday as part of Earth Music Bristol.
Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D major
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)
c. 2.45pm
Britten: 4 Sea Interludes
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Adrian Partington (conductor)
Elgar: Sea Pictures
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Adrian Partington (conductor)
c. 3.30pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 7 (Sinfonia Antartica)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Adrian Partington (conductor).
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no. 2 in D major Op.43
Conductor: Thomas SONDERGARD Performer: BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
Earth Music Bristol
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Benjamin Britten
4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a [concert version]
Conductor: Adrian PARTINGTON Performer: BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
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Edward Elgar
Sea pictures Op.37 for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Conductor: Adrian PARTINGTON Performer: Hilary SUMMERS - Mezzo-soprano Performer: BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sinfonia antartica for soprano, women's chorus and orchestra (Symphony no.7)
Conductor: Adrian PARTINGTON Performer: Elizabeth ATHERTON - Soprano Performer: BBC National Orchestra Of Wales Performer: Bristol Choral Society
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- Fri 25 Nov 201114:00BBC Radio 3
