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Donald Macleod explores the RPS's activities in the 21st century with works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Huw Watkins, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto, commissioned by the RPS in 1910.

Donald Macleod rounds off this week's exploration of the pieces commissioned and premiered by the RPS during its 200-year history by taking us right up to the 21st century, with recent works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Huw Watkins. Donald is also joined by cultural historian, Leanne Langley to tell the story of perhaps the most significant RPS commission of the early 20th century - Elgar's Violin Concerto - and presents a final masterwork from the middle of the last century: Walton's orchestral showpiece "Variations on a Theme of Hindemith".

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Fri 9 Aug 2013 18:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    The Mouse And The Bumblebee - Songs Before Sleep

    Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone), Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)

    • NMC: D155.
    • 6.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Songs Before Sleep

    Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone), Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)

    • NMC: D155.
    • 8.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Baby, Baby, Naughty Baby - Songs Before Sleep

    Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone), Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)

    • NMC: D155.
    • 9.

  • Edward Elgar

    II. Andante - Violin Concerto

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Edward Elgar

    • EMI: 5669792.
    • 2.

  • William Walton

    Variations On A Theme Of Hindemith

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: William Walton

    • 大象传媒 LEGENDS: 大象传媒L40982.
    • 6.

  • Huw Watkins

    Partita for solo violin

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova (violin)

    • NMCD164.
    • 17.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 9 Aug 2013 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Fri 9 Aug 2013 18:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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