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Walton's First Symphony

Carlos Miguel-Prieto and the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales perform Walton's First Symphony and Esther Yoo joins them for Bruch's ever-popular First Violin Concerto.

Carlos Miguel-Prieto returns to the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales with a concert which juxtaposes music of bristling energy and arresting beauty.

We begin with one of the four overtures that Beethoven wrote for his only opera Fidelio, a battle between heroic endeavour and romantic passion. Following this is Bruch's first violin concerto, a perennially popular work in which he follows one of the most celebrated slow movements with a third movement full of joyous motifs reminiscent of Hungarian dances. Rounding off our concert is Walton's superlative First Symphony, in which the perfect melancholy of the third movement is set within three movements filled with fury and darkness.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas in St. David's Hall, recorded on the 9th of February.

7.30pm
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72b
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1, Op 26

8.15pm
Interval music

8.35pm
Walton: Symphony No 1

Esther Yoo (violin)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Carlos Miguel-Prieto (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Feb 2020 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72b

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio No 1 in B major, Op 8 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Z.E.N. Trio.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • William Walton

    String quartet in A minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli String Quartet.
    • Walton: String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • William Walton

    Symphony No 1 in B flat minor

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romance in G major, Op 26

    Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral Works Volume 1: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • George Enescu

    Chamber Symphony for 12 instruments, Op 33

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Director: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Feb 2020 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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