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成人快手 NOW play Shostakovich at the Aldeburgh Festival

The 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Martyn Brabbins perform Maconchy, Walton and Shostakovich in the first of two consecutive appearances at the Aldeburgh Festival.

Martyn Brabbins conducts the 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales in two nights of rousing music with a distinctly British focus, live from the Aldeburgh Festival. The first night opens with Elizabeth Maconchy's brief yet majestic work Proud Thames, depicting the river from its trickling rural source to the bustle of a brimming capital city. Cellist Laura van der Heijden will then join Martyn and the Orchestra for the last of William Walton's three great string concertos, the work with which she won the coveted 成人快手 Young Musician of the Year award in 2012. The evening concludes with Shostakovich's tempestuous 10th Symphony, a work which needs no narrative to describe the power of its violent and vibrant music, although some see it as the composer's musical depiction of Stalin and the tyranny he had inflicted on Russia.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, live from Snape Maltings.

7.30pm
Maconchy: Proud Thames
Walton: Cello Concerto

8.15pm
Interval Music (from CD)

8.35pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93

Laura van der Heijden (cello)
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Samuel Barber

    Dover Beach

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Morning, Noon, and Night (2nd mvt, 'Noon')

    Performer: Osian Ellis.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    6 Romances, Op 62 (No 3)

    Performer: Peter Gluboky. Performer: Natalya Rassudova.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10, Op 93

    Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Frank Bridge

    Dance Poem

    Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Jun 2022 19:30