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With Katie Derham. From ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall, David Atherton leads the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW. Elgar: Cockaigne. Britten: Nocturne. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4. Plus d'Indy: Choral Varie; Lied.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall is the home of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Part of the Wales Millennium centre, it provides the orchestra with a recording studio and concert hall with a 350 seat capacity. The hall is also an excellent venue for chamber music - as we'll discover in Radio 3's lunchtime concerts this week. During the afternoons, we'll be hearing from those artists who have given recitals here following them through to performances with the orchestra, and hearing ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW in action in concert, in session, in Wales and beyond.

Today we go live to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall to hear the orchestra in action with a long-time friend and frequent guest conductor David Atherton. We're also joined by ex-Radio 3 New Generation Artist Andrew Kennedy. Together we explore three faces of English music: the warmth and good humour of Elgar, the dreamlike atmosphere of Britten and the raw energy and anger of Vaughan Williams - not quite what we might expect from the quintessential purveyor of "pastoral". Our soloist for the preceding Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert was violist Lawrence Power. He was recently recording works by Vaughan Williams with the orchestra for CD with Hyperion, but the finished product is still under wraps, so we've a set of choral variations from an earlier collaboration between soloist and orchestra, by French composer Vincent d'Indy.

Presented by Katie Derham.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Live

    • Edward Elgar

      Cockaigne

      Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Atherton.

    • Benjamin Britten

      Nocturne

      Performer: Andrew Kennedy (tenor). Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Atherton.

  • Vincent d’Indy

    Choral Varie

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

  • Live

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Symphony no. 4

      Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Atherton.

  • Vincent d’Indy

    Lied

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 May 2011 14:00