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Brahms: a sonata in Belfast and a symphony in Cardiff

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in Cardiff.

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

Throughout this week we focus on the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, travelling with them around the country and especially featuring the music of Welsh composer Grace Williams. Today, we hear her Sinfonia Concertante alongside the orchestra playing Brahms’s Fourth Symphony in its home venue: BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff.

There’s also Brahms from Belfast – his Clarinet Sonata No. 1 performed by former BBC New Generation Artist Annalien van Wauwe with pianist Yannick Van de Velde. They also play the sonata by Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

Plus BBC Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. Today, Heloise Werner marks the year 2019 with M87, a piece inspired by the first ever image of a black hole created by the Event Horizon Telescope.

1pm
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Annalien van Wauwe (clarinet)
Yannick Van de Velde (piano)

Claude Debussy
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faun
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Felix Ardanaz (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in C minor, K.457
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in D major, RV781
Jaroslav Roucek (trumpet)
Hannes Rux (trumpet)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Cecilia Bernardini (director)

Heloise Werner
M87
BBC Singers

2.15pm
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Simone Menezes (conductor)

Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28
Annalien van Wauwe (clarinet)
Yannick Van de Velde (piano)

Grace Williams
Sinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra
Clare Hammond (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

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2 hours, 56 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Jun 202513:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Yannick Van de Velde.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Félix Ardanaz.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summer is gone for chorus [4-part]

    Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Choral Works.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 208.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Trumpets in D, RV 781

    Performer: Jaroslav Rouček. Performer: Hannes Rux. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Cecilia Bernardini.

  • Héloïse Werner

    M87

    Performer: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Simone Menezes.

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Clarinet Sonata, Op.28

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Yannick Van de Velde.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Ailish Tynan.

  • Grace Williams

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Trad.

    The Canadian set

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Jun 202513:00
    BBC Radio 3