Episode 1

Katie Derham presents a week of programmes showcasing the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with performances from recent tours. Plus the orchestra in concert live from BBC Hoddinott Hall on Tuesday and a live concert by the BBC Singers from St Paul's Knightsbridge on Thursday.

Young violinist Callum Smart attracted attention when, at the age of just thirteen, he won the strings category of the 2010 BBC Young Musicians Competition. Since then he has toured as a soloist and chamber musician all whilst still at school. He joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to perform Mozart's Concerto no. 5 in A major, K.219. One of the first ever Radio 3 New Generation Artists back in 1999, cellist Alban Gerhardt is no stranger to being a precociously talented young string player himself. He joins the orchestra to play Barber's Op.22 concerto. Plus Beethoven, Bartok, and Schubert's 9th Symphony, the 'Great'.

Beethoven: Leonore - overture no. 1, Op.138
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

c. 2.15pm
Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, K.219
Callum Smart (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

c. 2.40pm
Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C major D.944 (Great)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

c. 3.35pm
Bartok: Divertimento Sz.113 for string orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

c. 4pm
Barber: Cello Concerto Op.22
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).