大象传媒

Ian Skelly introduces music from a concert recorded earlier this month featuring the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales under conductor Martyn Brabbins performing Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for two violins and string orchestra, with soloists Lesley Hatfield and Nick Whiting, followed by John Pickard's Concertante variations (Presteigne concerto), then Walton's Siesta, finishing the concerto with Elgar's Serenade in E minor. After that we hear Daniel Jones's Symphony No. 5 with the Welsh ensemble under the baton of Bryden Thomson.
Next comes Copland's clarinet concert with soloist Robert Plane, with Thomas Sondergard conducting.
The afternoon closes with Hindemith's Symphony (Mathis der Maler) performed by the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Tadaaki Osaka.

2.00pm
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Arnold: Concerto for two violins and string orchestra, Op 77
John Pickard: Concertante variations (Presteigne concerto)
Walton: Siesta
Elgar: Serenade in E minor, Op 20

Lesley Hatfield & Nick Whiting, violins
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

c.2.50pm
Daniel Jones: Symphony No. 5

大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Bryden Thomson, conductor

c.3.35pm
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto

Robert Plane, clarinet
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard, conductor

c.4.00pm
Hindemith: Symphony (Mathis der Maler)

大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor