Radio 3 in Concert

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Music: Classical

The best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

Experience the best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

Radio 3 in Concert: Cardiff Week (2/4)

Cardiff Week (2/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Cardiff Week (2/4)

Chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru perform works by Mozart and Bartok in Cardiff.

Chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru, conducted by Gabor Takacs-Nagy, perform works by Mozart, Bartok and Huw Watkins. Recorded in Cardiff at the Dora Stoutzker Hall.

Nicola Heywood Thomas presents another chance to hear this concert given by Wales’s exciting and innovative chamber orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru.  Recorded in Cardiff at the Dora Stoutzker Hall at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and led by Hungarian conductor, Gábor Takács-Nagy.

Mozart was an excellent violinist and played professionally at the court orchestra in Salzburg but, at home, his first love was the gentler tones of the viola. Both instruments shine, side by side, in his Sinfonia Concertante.  The climax to their lively programme is Mozart's passionate 40th Symphony and the concert opens with music inspired by Welsh folk tunes, described by the composer as his ‘guilty pleasure’.

Watkins: Three Welsh Songs for Strings
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for violin & viola K. 364

8.20pm
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8.40pm
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (arranged by Willner for strings)
Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor K. 550

Sinfonia Cymru, Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor
Benjamin Baker, violin, Timothy Ridout, viola

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