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A prelude to youth

Music from the string finalist of 2010's 成人快手 Young Musician of the Year competition. Plus music by Borodin, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Vaughan Williams, Haydn and Dvorak.

The 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales looks forward to the final of the 成人快手 Young Musician competition this weekend with a focus on youth, including performances featuring previous winners. 1994 winner cellist Natalie Clein joins the orchestra in the powerful first cello concerto by Shostakovich. There's also a performance of Vaughan Williams' elegiac Lark Ascending from another previous winner, Jennifer Pike (now a Radio 3 New Generation Artist). Finally we hear from the string finalist in this year's competition. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Borodin: In the steppes of central asia
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Alex Shelley (conductor)

Shostakovich: Cello concerto no. 1 in E flat, Op.107
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Natalie Clein (cello)
Alex Shelley (conductor)

2.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Little Russian"
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Alex Shelley (conductor)

Liszt: Orpheus
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

3.45pm
Haydn: Symphony no. 49 in F minor "La Passione"
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (conductor)

Dvorak: Serenade for strings
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (conductor)

4.45pm
Performances from the winner of the 2010 成人快手 Young Musician strings final.

3 hours

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Tue 11 May 2010 14:00

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  • Tue 11 May 2010 14:00