Episode 4

Verity Sharp concludes her week of afternoons in the company of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales performing French music from composers associated with organ lofts across Paris by Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Widor and Duruflé. Chloe Hanslip is the violinist in Lalo's Symphonie which delights in the rhythms of Spanish dances, and Chinese conductor Xian Zhang makes her recent debut with BBC NOW in Ravel's most famous ballet, a splendid crescendo of orchestral colour.

Ravel: Bolero
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)

2.15
Lalo: Symphonie espagnol
Chloe Hanslip (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)

2.50
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3, 'Organ'
Thomas Trotter (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)

3.30
Widor: Toccata from Organ Symphony No.5, orch. & arr. Sidney Torch
Thomas Trotter (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Eugene Monteith (conductor)

3.40
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
BBC National Chorus of Wales
National Youth Choir of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

3.45
Duruflé: Requiem
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
National Youth Choir of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor).