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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 2

Katie Derham presents the BBC NOW in music by Delius, Sibelius, Hoddinott and Elgar.

Katie Derham presents recent concerts given by the BBC NOW. Delius: Sea Drift. Sibelius: Tapiola; Violin Concerto. Hoddinott: Landscapes. Elgar: The Music Makers.

Katie Derham continues a week of programmes showcasing recent performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, featuring British music and Romantic favourites.

The orchestra's late Principal Conductor Richard Hickox conducts Delius's Sea Drift in a performance from the 2004 Proms, newly remastered for the composer's centenary year. Finnish forests and Snowdonian landscapes are conjured up in tone poems by Sibelius and Hoddinott, and Japanese violin virtuoso Akiko Suwanai performs Sibelius's fiendishly difficult concerto.

Plus the BBC National Chorus of Wales and soprano Jane Irwin join the orchestra for a rare performance of Elgar's introspective cantata The Music Makers, given in Swansea earlier this year.

Delius: Sea Drift
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

c. 2.25pm
Sibelius: Tapiola
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

c. 2.45pm
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Akiko Suwanai (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

c. 3.20pm
Hoddinott: Landscapes 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

c. 3.40pm
Elgar: The Music Makers
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Chorus of Wales 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Katie Derham presents concerts by the BBC NOW, with British music and romantic favourites.

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes featuring recent concerts by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, highlighting British music and romantic favourites

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