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Penny Gore presents the BBC NOW in music by Mendelssohn, Mathias, Wagner, Mahler and Ayres

With Penny Gore. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mathias: Concerto for flute and strings. Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll. Mahler: Symphony No 4. Ayres: No 37b (1st mvt).

Penny Gore presents a week of performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales including a live concert on Friday from Hoddinott Hall as part of our Southern Hemisphere season and our Thursday Opera Matinee is Rossini's La gazzetta, which satirizes the influence of newspapers on people's lives. Plus, as part of the BBC's Ten Pieces, which aims to open up the world of classical music to children aged 11 and above, we have performances of Gabriel Prokofiev and Georges Bizet on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Today we open with Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer night's Dream. Listen out for his Italian Symphony on Wednesday.

2pm
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer night's Dream - incidental music Op.61 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

c.2.30pm
Mathias: Concerto for flute and strings 
Matthew Featherstone (flute) 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

c.2.50pm
Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

c.3.10pm
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G
Klara Ek (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

c.4.10pm
Richard Ayres: No.37b for orchestra (1st Movement)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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