The BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Ian Skelly closes this week with more performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Today starts with the brass section of the ensemble playing Sibelius's Overture in F minor. Then, a concert given by the ensemble with conductor B. Tommy Anderson featuring Bartok's Hungarian Sketches for orchestra, from his own piano works; followed by Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with virtuoso soloist Beatrice Rana. The concert finishes with Korngold's Symphony in F sharp.
Then, Robert Plane performs Debussy's Premiere Rhapsodie, accompanied by the ensemble, under the baton of Tadaaki Osaka.
The afternoon closes with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6, under conductor Mark Wigglesworth, part of a cycle of recordings of the Russian's composer symphonies by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, commercially re-released this month.

2.00pm
Sibelius: Overture in F minor
Brass section, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

c.2.10pm
Bartok: Hungarian sketches Sz.97 for orchestra [from own piano works]
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op.26
Korngold: Symphony in F sharp Op.40

Beatrice Rana, piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
B. Tommy Andersson, conductor

c.3.45pm
Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie

Robert Plane, clarinet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

c.3.55pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 6

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor