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Wednesday - BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Penny Gore continues her week of performances and recordings by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Featuring a concert the orchestra gave in Newtown, Powys.

Penny Gore continues her week of performances and recordings by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Today's programme features a concert the orchestra gave in Newtown in September. 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Sheku Kanneh-Mason is soloist in Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1, and Afternoon Concert's tone poem theme continues with Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade.

2pm
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major
Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade - symphonic suite, Op.35

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
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Michael Seal (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Wed 18 Oct 201714:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No.1 in E-flat major for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade - symphonic suite Op.35

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 3 Op.101: no.6 - The Death of Juliet

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.

Credit

PerformerBBC National Orchestra of Wales

Broadcast

  • Wed 18 Oct 201714:00
    BBC Radio 3