大象传媒

Afternoon on 3 with Penny Gore

大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer recorded on Sunday at the 大象传媒 Proms. Music by Ravel, Durufl茅's Requiem and Simon Holt's new flute concerto for Emmanuel Pahud.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes (大象传媒 commission: world premiere)
Ravel: La valse

Durufl茅: Requiem

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales
National Youth Choir of Wales
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Ravel's La Valse turns the Viennese waltz into a darkly tinged rhapsody, while his Valses nobles et sentimentales reflects the iconic dance in softer tones. Durufl茅's Requiem is the musical cousin of Faur茅's more familiar setting and anchors its warm 20th-century harmonies even more strongly in arching plainchant melody. Flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud joins the orchestra for the world premiere of Simon Holt's flute concerto Morpheus Wakes - written for Pahud himself, who represents the god of dreaming 'as if slowly waking from a deep, troubled sleep'.

First broadcast on Sunday 27th July 2014.