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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 1

The BBC NOW in music by Elgar, Stanford, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens and Bartok.

Music from the BBC NOW. Mathias: A Dance Overture. Elgar: Sea Pictures. Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 1. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3. Saint-Saens: Le carnaval des animaux.

Verity Sharp presents a week featuring performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including a concert live from Cardiff of Baltic music conducted by Anu Tali on Tuesday. Today we hear a recent concert recorded in Aberystwyth of music by Mathias, Elgar, Stanford and Mendelssohn plus the perennially popular Carnival of the Animals and Bartok's Concerto for viola, unfinished at his death, which was completed and an arrangement made for cello by his close friend Tibor Serly.

Mathias 
A Dance overture (Dawns agored) Op.16
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico, conductor

c.2.05pm
Elgar 
Sea pictures Op.37
Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico, conductor

c.2.30pm
Stanford 
Irish rhapsody no. 1 in D minor Op.78
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico, conductor

c.2.45pm
Mendelssohn 
Symphony no. 3 in A minor Op.56 (Scottish)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico, conductor

c.3.25pm
Saint-Saëns 
Le Carnaval des animaux
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

c.3.50pm
Bartok 
Cello Concerto, arranged and completed Serly from "Viola Concerto"
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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