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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales (1/5)

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music for strings by five 20th-century composers and Vaughan Williams's London Symphony, conducted by Richard Hickox.

Afternoon Concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Fiona Talkington introduces the first programme this week exploring the work of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Today the orchestra is heard in recordings made last month of 20th-century music for strings and also in Vaughan Williams's London Symphony, in a 2001 performance from Swansea's Brangwyn Hall.

Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Andrzej Panufnik: Bassoon Concerto
Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue
Grazyna Bacewicz: Concerto for Strings
Jarosław Augustyniak (bassoon)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Angus (conductor)

c. 2.55pm
Arthur Benjamin: Conquest of Everest (suite)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Lutoslawski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Nov 202014:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Angus.

  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Bassoon Concerto

    Performer: Jaroslaw Augustyniak. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Angus.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Britten Prelude and fugue, Op 29

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Angus.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Concerto for strings

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Angus.

  • Arthur Benjamin

    The Conquest of Everest suite

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London symphony

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Alex Ho

    twinkle little

    Performer: David Stark.

  • Witold Lutosławski

    Chantefleurs et chantefables

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. Singer: Valdine Anderson.
    • BIS.

  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep (5 Elizabethan Songs)

    Singer: Catriona Morison. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Nov 202014:00
    BBC Radio 3