From St David 's Hall, Cardiff. The BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales welcome back their conductor laureate
Tadaaki Otaka , who will be awarded the prestigious Elgar medal this evening. This opening concert in their NOWhearthis:
Classics series features three works from
1910 which evoke the radiance and nostalgia of the late-Romantic era. Dong-Suk Kang (violin), BBCNOW, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Rachmaninov, orch Resplghi Five Etudes-Tableaux
Strauss Waltz Sequence No 1: Der Rosenkavalier
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Heaven-Taught Fergusson
2: Robert Fergusson was the first significant poet to read English texts at a University, St Andrews , where Robert Crawford and Douglas Dunn teach literature today. They are joined by WH
Herbert to explore Fergusson's poetry and education. With readings of two newly commissioned poems: To
Robert Fergusson by WH Herbert and Robert Fergusson by Douglas Dunn.
8.35 Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor