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Lichfield Festival

Fiona Talkington presents the 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales playing music by Elgar and Shostakovich at the 2019 Lichfield Festival.

During the second year of their residency at the Lichfield Festival in 2019, the 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales performed two major works featuring 鈥渃odes鈥� in music: Shostakovich鈥檚 Cello Concerto no. 1, with its theme taken from a musical cryptogram of the composer鈥檚 initials, and Elgar鈥檚 Enigma Variations. Plus Elgar鈥檚 sumptuous song cycle Sea Pictures with soloist Polly Leech - all recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of Lichfield Cathedral. This concert marked the the debut appearance with the orchestra of conductor Ainars Rubikis.
Plus choral music by Bruckner and new 麻豆官网首页入口 NOW recordings of Matthew Taylor's 4th Symphony and works by two of Shostakovich's contemporaries, Russian Alexander Veprik and Frenchman Henri Dutilleux.
Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Elgar: Sea Pictures
with Polly Leech (mezzo soprano)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107
with Andrei Ionita (cello)
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales
Ainars Rubikis (conductor)

c.3.25pm
Bruckner: Christus factus est; Os justi; Locus iste
麻豆官网首页入口 National Chorus of Wales
Adrian Partington (conductor)

c.3.35pm
Matthew Taylor: Symphony No. 4
麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales
Kenneth Woods (conductor)

c.4.05pm
Alexander Veprik: Song of Mourning; Song of Joy
麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph-Mathias Mueller (conductor)

c.4.20pm
Dutilleux: Metaboles
麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

3 hours

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Tue 13 Oct 2020 14:00
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea pictures, Op 37

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Singer: Polly Leech. Conductor: Ain膩rs Rubi姆is.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107

    Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ain膩rs Rubi姆is.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an original theme, Op 36, 'Enigma'

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ain膩rs Rubi姆is.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est

    Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi

    Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.

  • Matthew Taylor

    Symphony No 4

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.

  • Alexander Veprik

    Funeral song, Op 20, No 1

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.

  • Henri Dutilleux

    Metaboles

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Scenes from Hiawatha, Op 30; No 3 (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Mahler

    5 R眉ckert-Lieder: No. 5, Liebst du um Sch枚nheit

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Clytemnestra: Orchestral Songs.
    • BIS.
    • 105.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Oct 2020 14:00
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3