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Dvořák from Wales and Paganini from Tokyo

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week’s featured orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, perform Antonín Dvořák’s epic Symphony No. 8 in G major, conducted by Ryan Bancroft. Also in the programme, there will be chamber music recordings from Tokyo, featuring violinist Johan Dalene playing Clara Schumann and Nicolò Paganini. Other highlights include performances from Hathor Consort at the 2024 Resonanzen Festival held in Vienna.

Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet movement in A minor
Amatis Piano Trio
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola)

Vitezslava Kapralova
Suita rustica for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Elena Schwarz (conductor)

Johann Christoph Bach
Ach dass ich Wassers gnug hätte
Hathor Consort

Nicolò Paganini
Cantabile in D, Op. 17
Johan Dalene (violin)
Fumiya Koido, (piano)

Serge Koussevitzky
Double Bass Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 3
Gabriel Polinsky (double bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Grams (conductor)

3pm
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No 8 in G major, Op. 88
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 May 202413:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Joyeuse marche

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Piano Quartet movement in A minor

    Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio.

  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Suita rustica for orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Elena Schwarz.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Cantabile in D, Op.17

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Fumiya Koido.

  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach dass ich Wassers gnug hätte

    Music Arranger: Max Schneider. Singer: Hannah Morrison. Singer: Marnix De Cat. Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Johannes Andreas Wolf. Ensemble: Hathor Consort. Director: Romina Lischka.

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite Orientale, Op 48 - Mvts 1&2

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen fantasy, arr. Heifetz

    Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Performer: Inna Firsova.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for cor anglais after BWV 54

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices Of Bach: Albrecht Mayer.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Serge Koussevitsky

    Double Bass Concerto in F sharp minor, op. 3

    Performer: Gabriel Polinsky. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Grams.

  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances for Violin and Piano, op. 22

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Fumiya Koido.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 8 in G major, Op 88

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Imogen Holst

    Duo for viola & piano

    Performer: Yue Yu. Performer: Anthony Hewitt.
    • Naxos.

  • Gavin Higgins

    Sarabande

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jordan de Souza.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 May 202413:00
    BBC Radio 3