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VE Day 80th Anniversary

Three ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras perform Elgar's Violin Concerto (with soloist Anthony Marwood), Britten's war-themed Sinfonia da Requiem and Vaughan Williams' lyrical Symphony No 5.

Marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, a special concert of performances from three of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, opening with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra in Elgar's deeply passionate Violin Concerto, with soloist Anthony Marwood. Britten, a pacifist composer, expressed the horrors of war in several haunting works, including his Sinfonia da Requiem, commissioned (and eventually rejected) by the Japanese government to mark Emperor Jimmu's 2600th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire. Dalia Stasevska conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Finally, Martyn Brabbins directs the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in the most popular - and most peaceful - symphony by Vaughan Williams, who witnessed the brutality of war first-hand as an ambulance driver in World War I.

Presented by Mark Forrest.

Elgar
Violin Concerto
Anthony Marwood (violin)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Recorded: Malvern Forum Theatre, Malvern, February 2025

Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)
Recorded: Barbican Hall, London, October 2019

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 5
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Recorded: Prichard-Jones Hall, Bangor, November 2024

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2 hours, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D956: III - Scherzo. Presto - Trio Andante Sostenuto

    Ensemble: Raphael Ensemble.
    • Schubert: String Quintet & String Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 May 2025 19:30