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The Inextinguishable

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Arvo Volmer perform Nielsen's 4th Symphony, alongside Vaughan Williams, a UK Premiere by Ester Mägi, and Helen Grime's Trumpet Concerto.

Arvo Volmer joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to conduct a varied concert on the theme of nature. Vaughan Williams’ overture to The Wasps begins the programme, opening with the raspy buzz of swarming wasps. Ester Mägi’s Bukoolika takes its inspiration from herding songs and birdcall in this inwardly gentle, wistful, and sometimes awestruck contemplation of nature, and Helen Grime’s night-sky-blue depicts the natural world after dark, with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd making her debut with the Orchestra for this performance. Nielsen's 4th Symphony completes the programme, a masterpiece in which he expresses the inextinguishable spirit of life.

Presented by Verity Sharp, live from Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps (Overture)
Ester Mägi: Bukoolika
Helen Grime: Trumpet Concerto 'Night-sky-blue'
Nielsen: Symphony No 4, Op 29 'The Inextinguishable'

Matilda Lloyd (trumpet)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Arvo Volmer (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 Nov 202519:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Overture to The Wasps

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.

  • Ester Mägi

    Bukoolika

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.

  • Helen Grime

    Trumpet Concerto (night-sky-blue)

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.

  • Helen Grime

    Harp of the North

    Performer: Philip Sharp.

  • Alec Roth

    Night Prayer

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.

  • Erkki-Sven Tüür

    Architechtonics

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.

  • Peteris Vasks

    String Quartet No 4, mvt 4

    Ensemble: Spīķeru String Quartet. Ensemble: Spīķeru String Quartet.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No.4, op.29 (The Inextinguishable)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV.971

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Nov 202519:30
    BBC Radio 3

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