³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales: Pictures at an Exhibition
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka perform Mussorgsky's orchestration of Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition. Sir Thomas Allen sings Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel
Live from St. David's Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas
Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka takes to the stage with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales for the opening concert of their season, live from St. David’s Hall in Cardiff and presented by Nicola Heyward Thomas. Vaughan Williams’ deeply personal depictions of English music dominates the first half, from the chants and echoes of an English Renaissance cathedral in his haunting Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, to his setting of Robert Lewis Stevenson's Songs of Travel, for which the orchestra will be joined by Sir Thomas Allen. This is contrasted in the second half by Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, in the famous orchestration by Ravel. A tribute to his departed friend, the artist Victor Hartmann, Pictures at an Exhibition takes the listener around an exhibition of ten of Hartmann's paintings, culminating in The Great Gate of Kiev.
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
8.15 Interval Music
Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
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Music Played
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. -
Graham Peel
In Summertime on Bredon
Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Don Giovanni)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry. -
Harold Arlen
One for my Baby
Performer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: Stephen Higgins. -
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. -
John Dowland
Lachrimae Antiquae
Performer: Christopher Wilson. Ensemble: Fretwork.- Virgin Classics.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Old Style (1st mvt)
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva EidukaitytÄ—-StorastienÄ—. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.- ECM New Series.
Broadcast
- Thu 4 Oct 2018 19:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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