An Enigma from Wales and more Ornaments of the Baroque from London

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Elgar's Enigma Variations alongside a symphony by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks and music by Steve Reich. Tom McKinney also introduces music by Bach and his contemporaries from LSO St Luke's as part of the series "Ornaments of the Baroque"; and there is more from soprano Elizabeth Watts.

Steve Reich
City Life
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Matthew Coorey (conductor)

“Ornaments of the Baroque” from LSO St Luke's
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No 7, ‘Alla francese’
Lucie Horsch (recorder)
Rachel Podger (violin)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio BWV.974
Justin Taylor (harpsichord)

Benedetto Marcello
Sonata in G minor Op 2 No 4
Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello)
Justin Taylor (harpsichord)

Georg Philipp Telemann
Canonic Sonata No. 1 in G major Op.5 No.1
Lucie Horsch (recorder)
Rachel Podger (violin)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Gigue from Partita No. 3 in E major BWV.1006
Lucie Horsch (recorder)

Antonio Montanari
Giga senza basso from Violin Sonata in D minor
Rachel Podger (violin)

Francesco Barsanti (arr Horsch & Podger)
The Kid on the Mountain (from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes’)
Lucie Horsch (recorder)
Rachel Podger (violin)

Peteris Vasks
Symphony (Voices) for string orchestra
Strings of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

Sergei Rachmaninov
Siren' [Lilacs] No. 5 from 12 Songs Op.21
Otrivok iz [Fragment from Musset], No. 6 from 12 Songs Op. 21
Son [A dream] No. 5 from 6 Songs Op. 38
Zdes' khorosho [How fair this spot] No. 7 from 12 Songs Op. 21
Ya zhdu tebya [I wait for thee] No. 1 from 12 Songs Op. 14
Oni otvechali [They answered] No. 4 from 12 Songs Op. 21
Kakoye schast'ye [What happiness] No. 12 from 14 Songs Op. 34
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)

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Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

William Mathias
Invocation and Dance Op. 17
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

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