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A look back at the highlights from another amazing year of concerts with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, featuring a broad range of conductors, composers, and music performed across the UK in the last 12 months. Presented by Alex Humphreys.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'Oye (Exerpts)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jaime Martín.

  • Francis Poulenc

    La Voix humaine (Excerpt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jaime Martín. Singer: Danielle de Niese.

  • Various Artists

    Composition:Wales

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Béla Bartók

    BBCNOW Violin Concerto No 1

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Richard Blackford

    The Black Lake (7th mvt, 'The Choir from the South')

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Hill. Singer: Elizabeth Watts.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Memoriale

    Performer: Matthew Featherstone. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Daniel Cohen.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Suite (1st mvt, 'Sunrise')

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

  • Grace Williams

    BBCNOW Penillion (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le Matin' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jaime Martín.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    BBCNOW Piano Concerto No 2 (1st mvt, extract)

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.

  • John Rutter

    Bird Songs (5th mvt, 'Hope is the thing with feathers')

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    The Shepherd

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Vinditti.

  • Gustav Mahler

    BBCNOW Symphony No 3 in D minor (5th mvt)

    Conductor: Ryan Bancroft. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Choir: CBSO Children’s Chorus. Singer: Beth Taylor.

  • Various Artists

    BBC NOW: The best of New Music

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Gavin Higgins

    A Monstrous Little Suite (4th and 5th mvt)

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 64 in A major

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Director: Lesley Hatfield.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Dec 202501:00
    BBC Radio Wales
  • Christmas Day 202517:00
    BBC Radio Wales
  • Boxing Day 202507:00
    BBC Radio Wales

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