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Episode 2

Penny Gore presents music by composers inspired by European folk songs. Includes Butterworth: The Banks of green willow. Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (selection).

In the run-up to the 2008 大象传媒 Proms Folk day, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by folk songs from all over Europe.

Butterworth: The Banks of green willow - idyll for orchestra
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (selection)
Patricia Rozario (soprano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Bridge: Two Old English songs - vers. for string orchestra
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles - arr. for chorus
大象传媒 Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

3.00pm
Smetana: Ma vlast (My country) (Bohemia's Woods and Fields)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
David Charles Abell (conductor)

Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

4.00pm
Liszt: Mesto (Heroide elegiaque) (Hungarian national melodies, S242)
Eduard Kunz (piano)

Mansel Thomas: Suite of folksongs for chorus and orchestra
大象传媒 National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales
Adrian Partington (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (director).

2 hours, 45 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Jul 2008 14:15

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Jul 2008 14:15