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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales - Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

Baiba Skride performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto plus Thomas Sondergard conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 in D minor.

Baiba Skride is the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major and Principal Conductor Thomas Sondergard takes the helm of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in Shostakovich's Symphony No.5 in D minor.

Recorded at St David's Hall, Cardiff. Nicola Heywood Thomas presents.

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Interval

c. 8.35pm

Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47

Baiba Skride (violin)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

Violinist Baiba Skride joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales for one of the most popular violin concertos in the repertoire - Tchaikovsky's powerful Violin Concerto in D Major. Plus Principal Conductor Thomas Sondergard conducts the orchestra in the closing concert of their season with Shostakovich triumphant fifth Symphony - a work written when the composer's career was on a knife-edge but which eventually found grace as the Soviet authorities capitulated to his rehabilitation.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35

    Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major

    Performer: Baiba Skride. Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY 82876888722.
    • Sony.
    • 10.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd.
  • Laura Snowden

    Light Perpetuum

    Performer: Amy Green. Ensemble: VIDA Guitar Quartet.
    • BGS Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sonata for flute, viola and harp

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Franck: Violin Sonata; Debussy: Violin sonata; Ravel: Introduction and allegro.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales

Broadcast

  • Tue 12 Jun 2018 19:30

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