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Music for Maundy Thursday

Tom McKinney introduces a recording of Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, inspired by the Camino de Santiago, plus recordings by the National Orchestra of Wales.

Tom McKinney introduces a recording of Joby Talbot’s ‘Path of Miracles’, inspired by the Camino de Santiago, one of the most celebrated of all Christian pilgrim routes. And there are recordings from our featured orchestra of the week, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, performing music by Claude Debussy, Alexander Veprik and Cipriani Potter.

Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles
The four movements are titled after the four main staging posts of the ‘Camino Frances’:
I Roncesvalles
II Burgos
III Leon
IV Santiago
Tenebrae directed by Nigel Short

Claude Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Alexander Veprik: Dances and Songs of the Ghetto
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Christophe Matthias Mueller (conductor)

Huw Watkins: Trio for Strings
Lesley Hatfield {violin}
Becky Jones (viola)
Alice Neary (cello)

'Lockdown music'
Alice Neary plays the Allemande from Bach's C major Cello Suite recorded from her home in Wales.

Cipriani Potter: Symphony No 1
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Howard Griffiths (conductor)

Alexander Veprik: Two Poems
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Christophe Matthias Mueller (conductor)

3 hours

Last on

Thu 9 Apr 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • Joby Talbot

    Path of Miracles

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
  • Alexander Veprik

    Veprik Dances and songs of the ghetto, Op 12

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.
  • Huw Watkins

    Trio for strings

    Performer: Lesley Hatfield. Performer: Becky Jones. Performer: Alice Neary.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite in C major, BWV 1009 (Allemande)

    Performer: Alice Neary.
  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony No 1 in G minor

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
  • Alexander Veprik

    2 Poems for orchestra

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph H. Müller.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    At the Abbey Gate, Op 177

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Singer: Gareth Brynmor John. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
  • John Adams

    Short ride in a fast machine

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Apr 2020 14:00