大象传媒

The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales welcomes back its conductor laureate, Tadaaki Otaka, to conduct a resplendent programme of British music. The concert opens with Elizabeth Maconchy's Nocturne, a work which depicts a dream-like night scene full of surprise, romance, menace, and beauty. Violinist Simone Lamsma then joins the Orchestra for Britten's Violin Concerto, a work written in the dark days before the outbreak of the Second World War, which Britten filled with emotion and intensity. That intensity continues when the evening culminates in Elgar's Second Symphony, a work of staggering achievement that the composer filled with his soul. It is full of vibrant colour, beguiling tonality, and a palpable sense of struggle toward the serene ending.

Recorded 25th of March in St. David's Hall, Cardiff. Presented by Verity Sharp.

7.30pm
Maconchy: Nocturne for Orchestra
Britten: Violin Concerto No 1, Op 15

8.15pm
Interval Music (from CD)
G Williams: Suite for 9 instruments (3rd mvt)
London Chamber Ensemble

Maconchy: Still Falls the Rain
大象传媒 Singers
Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)

Smyth: String Quartet in E min, Op 1 (2nd mvt)
Villiers Quartet

8.35pm
Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat major, Op 63

Simone Lamsma (violin)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)