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Rough Voices

The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft perform Higgins's Rough Voices, alongside Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 and Sibelius's Second Symphony.

Join the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and their Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft for their opening concert of the season. The evening will begin by revisiting Composer-in-Association Gavin Higgins' 2020 Proms commission Rough Voices. Inspired by a Tony Walsh poem which also gives the work its title, Rough Voices is a call to arms to redress the balance of class and diversity in classical music as we emerge from the current pandemic. Before the interval the orchestra welcomes 大象传媒 New Generation Artist Eric Lu, who will perform Beethoven's much-loved Fourth Piano Concerto, arguably the finest of Beethoven's concertos. The evening culminates with the majesty and warmth of Sibelius's Second Symphony, which began life as four unconnected tone poems sketched in Italy. Once back in Finland, Sibelius realised how connected the material was, and the resulting symphony is unique, innovative, and exhilarating.

Recorded on the 30th September at St. David's Hall in Cardiff, and presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas.

Gavin Higgins: Rough Voices
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58

8.25pm
Interval Music

8.45pm
Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43

Eric Lu (piano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Oct 2021 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gavin Higgins

    Rough voices

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58

    Performer: Eric Lu. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi for piano, Op 117 (No 1 in E flat major)

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Belss the Lord, O My Soul (Vespers, 'All-night Vigil', Op 37)

    Choir: Robert Shaw Festival Singers. Conductor: Robert Shaw.
    • Telarc.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Sonata in A for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Presto in C major

    Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima.
    • NAIVE.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Oct 2021 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3