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ѿý National Orchestra of Wales

Penny Gore presents the opening concert of the 2019 Newbury Spring Festival, featuring the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales in music by Barber, Brahms and Beethoven.

Recorded at the opening concert of last year's Newbury Spring Festival in St. Nicolas Church, music by Barber, Beethoven, and Brahms' Violin Concerto with soloist Alexander Sitkovetsky. As the festival was sadly cancelled this year, Penny Gore evokes the festival spirit to open this week of Afternoon Concert featuring the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Followed by a brand new recording with conductor Kenneth Woods of music by the British composer Philip Sawyers, whose work has been described as “of instant appeal and enduring quality”. His Symphony No 4 was written in the unusual form of just three movements. To explain why, the composer simply said that "by the time the third movement was complete, there was nothing more to say".

2pm
Barber: Adagio for string orchestra
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, op. 77
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, op. 21
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen, conductor

c.3.25pm
Philip Sawyers: Symphony No. 4
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Kenneth Woods, conductor

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Jun 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    'Hide me from day's garish eye' from Handel's 'L'allegro, il penseroso' HWV 55

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin concerto in D major, Op 77

    Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachiana brasileira No 1 (No 2, Preludio, 'Modinha')

    Ensemble: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales Cello Section.
  • Philip Sawyers

    Symphony No 4

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Loch Ness

    Performer: Daniel Trodden. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
  • B. Tommy Andersson

    Passacaglia

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Jun 2020 14:00