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Elgar's Enigma Variations

Elgar’s Enigma Variations from the BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth. Plus vocal music for Holy Week by Poulenc, Bach & Casals, and more traditional Croatian folk tunes.

Penny Gore introduces a performance of Elgar’s Enigma Variations from the BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth. Also today, more vocal music for Holy Week from Poulenc, Bach & Casals; music for viola da gamba by Marin Marais, choral music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, piano music by Latvian composer Vestard Shimkus, and there’s more Croatian folk tunes from Zagreb, which appear throughout the week.

Including:

2pm
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Overture: The Maid of Pskov
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Cheryl Frances-Hoad – From the beginning of the world
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

Alexander Scriabin - Waltz, Op.1
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

Frederick Delius – Daybreak [Florida Suite]
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

Marin Marais – Chaconne (Pieces en trio - Suite No.1 in C major)
Ronald Martin Alonso (viola da gamba)
Ensemble Vedado

John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

Trad. Croatia – Lijepa moja Moslavina
HRT Tamburitza Orchestra
Musicians of the LADO

Ludwig van Beethoven orch. Erwin Schulhoff – Rondo a Capriccio, Op.129 “Rage over a lost penny"
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

1500
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op.36
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

Pablo Casals – O vos omnes
JS Bach – O sacred head sore wounded [St Matthew Passion]
Francis Poulenc – Timor et tremor
BBC Singers
Martin Baker (organ)
Nicholas Chalmers (conductor)

Vestard Shimkus – The Sunflower (encore)
Vestard Shimkus (piano)

2 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Wed 27 Mar 202414:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Overture to The Maid of Pskov

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • GBBBC.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    From the Beginning of the World

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz, op. 1

    Performer: Anna Vinnitskaya. Orchestra: Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Jean.

  • Frederick Delius

    Daybreak (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Marin Marais

    Chaconne (Pieces en trio - Suite No.1 in C major)

    Performer: Ronald Martin Alonso. Ensemble: Ensemble Vedado.
    • Paraty.

  • John Adams

    A Short Ride in a Fast Machine

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

  • Traditional Croatian

    Lijepa moja Moslavina

    Orchestra: HRT Tamburitza Orchestra. Ensemble: Musicians of the LADO National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio, op.129 (Rage over a lost penny)

    Orchestrator: Erwin Schulhoff. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Pau Casals

    O vos omnes

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O sacred head sore wounded [St Matthew Passion]

    Performer: Martin Baker. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Timor et tremor

    Performer: Martin Baker. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Vestards Šimkus

    The Sunflower

    Performer: Vestards Šimkus. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jānis Liepiņš.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rite of Spring.
    • Signum.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Mar 202414:00
    BBC Radio 3