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Afternoon Concert

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: Friday - BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC NOW - Mathias, Mozart, Britten, Watkins, Dvorak

10/03/2017

Friday - BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Friday - BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC NOW in music by Tabakova, Martland, Fitkin, Vaughan Williams, Bliss and Lynne Plowman.

Katie Derham features the BBC NOW. Tabakova: Fantasy Homage to Schubert. Martland: Crossing the Border. Fitkin: Intimate Curve. Plus Vaughan Williams, Bliss and Lynne Plowman.

Katie Derham concludes her series of British music in a week also celebrating International Women's Day (Wednesday) with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Dobrinka Tabakova pays homage to Schubert and there's another chance to hear Lynne Plowman's Blue - which won the BBC NOW Young Composers Competition back in 1995. Bliss explores the associations of heraldic colours in his symphony, and Vaughan Williams adds the delicate sounds of a wordless chorus to orchestral strings in his brilliantly original viola concerto. Steve Martland and Graham Fitkin add energy and rhythmic brilliance from a recent concert series championing bold composers of recent years, "Great Brits". 

c.2pm
Dobrinka Tabakova: Fantasy Homage to Schubert
BBC NOW
Clark Rundell, conductor

c.2.10pm
Martland: Crossing the Border
BBC NOW
Edwin Outwater, conductor

c.2.40pm
Graham Fitkin: Intimate Curve
BBC NOW
Edwin Outwater, conductor

c.3pm
Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi
Lawrence Power, viola
BBC NOW
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

c.3.25pm
Bliss: A Colour Symphony
BBC NOW
Richard Hickox, conductor

c.3.55pm
Lynne Plowman: Blue
BBC NOW
Martyn Brabbins, conductor.

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