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BBC NOW - Tan Dun, Rachmaninov, Berlioz

Live from Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, the BBC NOW conducted by Xian Zhang. Tan Dun: Internet Symphony. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.

Live from Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Xian Zhang conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz. Stephen Hough is the pianist in Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Tan Dun: Internet Symphony
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

8.05 Interval music

8.25
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Stephen Hough (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 May 201719:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Tan Dun

      Internet Symphony No 1, 'Eroica'

      Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

      Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Part 2

    • Hector Berlioz

      Symphonie fantastique

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.

  • Post-concert

    • Gerald Finzi

      Lo, the full final sacrifice

      Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
      • Naxos.

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Il tenero momento from Lucio Silla & Voi che sapete from the Marriage of Figaro

      Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
      • Erato.
      • 9029592762.

Credit

PerformerBBC National Orchestra of Wales

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 May 201719:30
    BBC Radio 3