成人快手

From the band's beginnings as the Western Studio Orchestra in the Assembly Rooms Cardiff's City Hall, through the orchestra's adventurous tour in what was, then, East Germany, to its enduring three decade-long partnership with Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka, Kate Molleson celebrates the 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales' 90th Anniversary with a week of Afternoon Concerts that explore the orchestra's role in Welsh musical life and beyond. Kate continues her journey through the orchestra's history with a concert performed shortly after the opening of its new home at St David's Hall in Cardiff, and we hear a recording of Elgar's first symphony from the Schauspielhaus in Berlin - part of Conductor Laurate Tadaaki Otaka's relationship with the composer that would see him awarded the Elgar Medal.

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia Op.26
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op.18
Hoddinott - Welsh Dances - Suite no. 1 Op. 15
Elgar - Variations on an original theme ('Enigma') Op. 36

Shura Cherkassky (piano)
成人快手 Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor)

c. 3.15pm

Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Op. 55
成人快手 Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor).