Episode 2
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW in Janacek: Taras Bulba. Ravel: Piano Concerto in D. Roussel: Concerto for Small Orchestra. Martinu: Symphony No 6. Dickinson: Violin Concerto. Plus ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in Finzi.
Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces a live concert by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, with music by French and Czech composers, also celebrating the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers at 90. Janacek's rhapsody tells the bloody and violent story of the Cossack hero Taras Bulba by pouring all his elemental expressive strength into this musical testament to the courage of the Russian people - traditionally the great defenders of the Slavonic people. New Generation Artist Louis Schwizgebel joins the orchestra for Ravel's piano concerto for the left hand, as emotionally powerful and virtuosic as any two-handed concerto. During the interval, Nicola marks the 90th birthday of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers with a work by Finzi, premiered by the Singers in 1938. Martinu's sixth symphony captures the spontaneity of it's dedicatee, the conductor Charles Munch, reaching beyond traditional form to become a set of freely spinning 'symphonic fantasies'.
2.00pm
Janacek: Taras Bulba - rhapsody for orchestra
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Michael Francis (conductor)
c.2.30pm
Ravel: Concerto in D major for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Louis Schwizgebel (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Michael Francis (conductor)
c.2.50pm
Finzi: Seven poems of Robert Bridges op.17
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)
c.3.15pm
Roussel: Concerto for small orchestra op.34
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Michael Francis (conductor)
c.3.30pm
Martinu: Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony no.6)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Michael Francis (conductor)
c.4.05pm
Peter Dickinson: Violin Concerto
Chloe Hanslip (violin)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell (conductor).
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Music Played
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Gerald Finzi
Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Conductor: Paul Brough. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. -
Edmund Rubbra
Introit
Conductor: Paul Brough. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. -
Peter Dickinson
Violin Concerto
Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales |
| Performer | ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers |
Broadcast
- Tue 23 Sep 2014 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3