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Lichfield Festival

Fiona Talkington presents the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales playing music by Elgar and Shostakovich at the 2019 Lichfield Festival.

During the second year of their residency at the Lichfield Festival in 2019, the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales performed two major works featuring “codes” in music: Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 1, with its theme taken from a musical cryptogram of the composer’s initials, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Plus Elgar’s sumptuous song cycle Sea Pictures with soloist Polly Leech - all recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of Lichfield Cathedral. This concert marked the the debut appearance with the orchestra of conductor Ainars Rubikis.
Plus choral music by Bruckner and new ѿý NOW recordings of Matthew Taylor's 4th Symphony and works by two of Shostakovich's contemporaries, Russian Alexander Veprik and Frenchman Henri Dutilleux.
Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Elgar: Sea Pictures
with Polly Leech (mezzo soprano)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107
with Andrei Ionita (cello)
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Ainars Rubikis (conductor)

c.3.25pm
Bruckner: Christus factus est; Os justi; Locus iste
ѿý National Chorus of Wales
Adrian Partington (conductor)

c.3.35pm
Matthew Taylor: Symphony No. 4
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Kenneth Woods (conductor)

c.4.05pm
Alexander Veprik: Song of Mourning; Song of Joy
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph-Mathias Mueller (conductor)

c.4.20pm
Dutilleux: Metaboles
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea pictures, Op 37

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Singer: Polly Leech. Conductor: Ainārs Rubiķis.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ainārs Rubiķis.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an original theme, Op 36, 'Enigma'

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ainārs Rubiķis.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: ѿý National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est

    Choir: ѿý National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi

    Choir: ѿý National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
  • Matthew Taylor

    Symphony No 4

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
  • Alexander Veprik

    Funeral song, Op 20, No 1

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Metaboles

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Scenes from Hiawatha, Op 30; No 3 (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.
  • Gustav Mahler

    5 Rückert-Lieder: No. 5, Liebst du um Schönheit

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Clytemnestra: Orchestral Songs.
    • BIS.
    • 105.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Oct 2020 14:00