Grace Williams’s First Symphony

Mark Forrest introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings for the afternoon, including highlights from this summer's Ryedale Festival featuring performances from our Radio 3 New Generation Artists. And more music from Benjamin Britten and his contemporaries, including a performance of the First Symphony by Grace Williams from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Including:

Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

from the Ryedale Festival:
Sergei Rachmaninov
Preludes, Op.32 -
No. 1 in C - Allegro vivace
No. 6 in F minor - Allegro appassionato
No. 8 in A minor - Vivo
No. 11 in B major - Allegretto
No. 12 in G sharp minor - Allegro
No. 13 in D flat major - Grave/Allegro
Julius Asal (piano)

Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Basel Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eötvös (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4
Aleksey Semenenko (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Rozen (conductor)

From the Ryedale Festival:
Pierre Sancan
Sonatina for flute and piano
Elizaveta Ivanova (flute)
Sanja Bizjak (piano)

Isaac Albéniz
Rimas de Bécquer –
Besa el aura que gime blandamente
Rimas de Bécquer –
Del salón en el ángulo oscuro
Me ha herido recatándose en la sombra
Cuando sobre el pecho inclinas
¿De dónde vengo?
Santiago Sánchez (tenor)
Christopher Glynn (piano)

Grace Williams
Symphony No. 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Emilia Hoving (conductor)

Joaquin Turina
Tres arias, Op. 26 No. 2 - El pescador
Tres sonetos, Op. 54 No. 1 - Anhelos
Santiago Sánchez (tenor)
Christopher Glynn (piano)

See also Radio 3 in Concert this week for more from Ryedale.

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