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Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Throughout this week we focus on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, travelling with them around the country and especially featuring the music of Welsh composer Grace Williams. Today, we hear her Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon – Welsh music specially recorded on St David’s Day. And from St Davids Cathedral, the orchestra performs the Ninth Symphony by Dvorak, subtitled ‘From the New World’ because of its associations with North America, where the composer spent a brief but productive period of his life.

We return to the church of St Mark’s in Dundela for more music recorded there by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. Today, German pianist and former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artist Elisabeth Brauß performs music by Schubert from the 2023 festival.

1pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042
Vilde Frang (violin)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Cohen (director)

Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A major, D664
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Kristian Sallinen (conductor)

Grazyna Bacewicz
Piano Quintet No. 1
Dudok Quartet Ansterdam
Alasdair Beatson (piano)

3pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 14 in A major, K114
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

Grace Williams
Four illustrations for the legend of Rhiannon
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

George Frideric Handel
Tu del Ciel ministro eletto (The Triumph of Time and Truth, Part 2)
Julia Doyle (soprano)
Vilde Frang (violin)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Cohen (director)

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