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Afternoon Concert: Prom 32 repeat: Britten, Brian Elias, Purcell and Elgar

2017

11/08/2017

Prom 32 repeat: Britten, Brian Elias, Purcell and Elgar

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 32 repeat: Britten, Brian Elias, Purcell and Elgar

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar.

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth with Natalie Clein, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar.

Afternoon on 3 with Penny Gore

Another chance to hear the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth with Leonard Elschenbroich, Toby Spence and Henry Waddington perform Britten, Elias, Purcell and Elgar.

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall, London, by Petroc Trelawny


Britten: Ballad of Heroes
Brian Elias: Cello Concerto
Purcell, arr Elgar: Jehova, quam multi sunt
Elgar: Enigma Variations 

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Henry Waddington (bass)
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Ryan Wigglesworth joins the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales for a programme that spans four centuries, from Purcell's dramatic choral motet 'Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei', to the world premiere of Brian Elias's Cello Concerto, whose intricate, spiral structure creates a dream-like musical narrative.
The concert opens with Britten's most overtly political work - an impassioned musical stand against fascism that anticipates the composer's War Requiem; and reaches its culmination with Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations, which includes the much-loved 'Nimrod'.

[First broadcast on Wednesday 9th August]

Followed by a selection of music from this week's Proms artists 
 
Producer Clive Portbury.

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