Relayed from the National Museum of Wales

National Orchestra of Wales
(Cerdorffa Genedlaethol Cymru)

In Wagner's opera, it is the morning after Siegfried the Fearless has made his way through the Ring of Fire about the sleeping Brunnhilde, to claim her as his bride. To fulfil his destiny he must leave her in search of new adventures, and she gives him her horse Grane.
The first theme heard in this extract is the motive of Brunnhilde's love for Siegfried, and this grows in strength and vigour to become a great salute to the Morning Sun. The Valkyrie motive is used at the point where Grane is given to Siegfried, and a little later when we hear the sound of Siegfried's horn, he is making his way down the slopes to the Rhine. There is a reminder of the Fire Music as he passes through the flames again. The motives of the Rhine itself and of the Ring can be heard, as well as a hint of the grim Hagen who plays so sinister a part in the story.

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Relayed from the Assembly Room, City Hall

National Orchestra of Wales
(Cerdorfia Genedlaethol Cymru)
Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite

Tchaikovsky himself was not very proud of this piece, and it was not intended for concert performance. He wrote it for the ceremonial which accompanied the consecration of the great church built to commemorate the turning back of Napoleon's armies from before Moscow. The intention was that it should be played in the open air with real cannons firing to lend emphasis. That performance did not come off, but the work has frequently been played since, sometimes with the firing of actual cannon as was originally intended.
Tchaikovsky himself said of it that 'it possessed merely patriotic and local significance.'

Mavis Bennett (Soprano) and Orchestra
Vous Souvient-ils? (Andante et Variations) arr. from the Sonata of Mozart by Wekerlin

Boris Pecker (Violin) and Orchestra

The name of this work is a little misleading.

It is not a symphony, but a concerto for solo violin and orchestra in the form of a Suite. Composers of many nations have delighted in setting forth their own ideas of Spanish music, and this is, of course, Spain as seen by a French-man.
The first movement is bold and vigorous with a brilliant solo part; the second is slighter and almost in jesting mood. It is mainly a solo with accompaniment by plucked strings.
In the third movement the rhythm of the Tango is used; the movement is called Intermezzo.
The fourth is the only really slow movement, rather solemn in mood, and the fifth is a lively Rondo.

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