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Radio 3 in Concert: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

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'Open Up and Let Loose' - the National Youth Orchestra's New Year concert.

Sian Edwards conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances alongside works by Karim Al-Zand and Dani Howard.

Every concert the extraordinary teenagers of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain are giving this year is embracing the theme of ‘Open Up’ - the idea being to open up new perspectives, form new relationships, and disperse preconceptions about music and musicians.  Tonight’s theme of ‘Open Up and Let Loose,’ in celebrating the power of orchestral music played by teenagers, is a call to action, championing what music education can bring into a young person’s life - and the potential it can unlock.

Sian Edwards conducts a programme that ends with Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Before it come two much newer pieces, Dani Howard’s Coalescence - which explores how the human race has attempted to ‘outsmart’ nature over the centuries, and Karim Al-Zand’s City Scenes, which captures the beauty and chaos of life in a city.

Presented by Martin Handley and members of the orchestra.  

Ravel: La Valse 

Karim Al-Zand: City Scenes (Three Urban Dances):  No.2
(conducted by Lee Reynolds)

Dani Howard: Coalescence 

During the interval musicians from the orchestra discuss their work.

Musgrave: Boreas

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances 

Meredith Monk: Panda Chant II

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain  

Sian Edwards Conductor

(Concert recorded at the Barbican Hall, London, on January 3rd.)

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