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Winter Wind-Down

An eclectic and chilled orchestral concert from the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Ben Glassberg, with special guest Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen.

Martin Handley presents an eclectic and chilled orchestral concert with a winter feel, given at the Alexandra Palace Theatre, London last December. Ben Glassberg conducts music by Byrd, Haydn, Judith Weir and Einojuhani Rautavaara - his birdsong inspired Cantus Arcticus. The orchestra is joined by special guest Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen, who directs Bach's Violin Concerto in E and Arvo Part's Fratres from the violin.

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Op 61
Bach: Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042
Judith Weir: Still, Glowing
Haydn: Symphony No 42 (second movement)
Byrd, arr Nico Muhly: Two Motets
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Vivaldi, recomposed Max Richter: Winter (Four Seasons)

Mari Samuelsen (director/violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor Ben Glassberg

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Jan 202119:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E (BWV1042)

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 42 (second movement)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.

  • William Byrd

    Two Motets

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Fratres

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Piano Concerto in D major, Op.13 

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
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  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures from an Exhibition

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
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Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Jan 202119:30
    BBC Radio 3