4 November 2004
Thursday 4 November 2004 20:00-20:20 (Radio 3)
Playlist:
Bridge over the River Wye
During the interval in tonights Performance on 3, Petroc Trelawny sets off for Wales and hosts a magazine programme reporting on the rich seam of orchestral music-making across the country. From the Preseli mountains of Pembrokeshire to Bangor in Gwynedd, Radio 3s correspondents recount tales of the village orchestra in St Brides Major; Resound, the outreach work carried out by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales; the significance of north Waless only professional orchestra, Ensemble Cymru; and why cheese and music are such closely related activities in Pembrokeshire.
With specially-recorded contributions from the Big Band of the National Youth Jazz Wales.
