Martyn Brabbins conducts Grace Williams's Second Symphony
The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, with conductors Martyn Brabbins and Emilie Godden, present Grace Williams's Second Symphony alongside Saariaho and Sarah Lianne Lewis.
The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales launches a new series exploring the works of Grace Williams. Despite being one of Wales's greatest composers, Williams has never reached the fame that she deserves and many of her works have been left sadly neglected. This concert concludes with her ambitious Second Symphony, a work which shows the full breadth of Williams's orchestral writing prowess. The first half showcases the Orchestra's Composer Affiliate, Sarah Lianne Lewis, with the world premiere of her piece 'The sky didn't fall', which takes inspiration from the opening lines of a Kerry Hardie poem, and following that the Orchestra pays tribute to the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with the suite which she created from her opera about the pioneering mathematician and scientist, 脡milie du Ch芒telet.
Presented by Linton Stephens, live from Hoddinott Hall.
Sarah Lianne Lewis: The sky didn't fall
Saariaho: 脡milie (Suite)
G Williams: Symphony No 2
Emma Tring (soprano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Emilie Godden (conductor)
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
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Sarah Lianne Lewis
The Sky Didn't Fall
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Emilie Godden. -
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Kaija Saariaho
Emilie Suite
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Grace Williams
The Parlour
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Chorus of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Bryan Balkwill. -
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Grace Williams
Sextet, mvt ii
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Grace Williams
Symphony No.2
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
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Claude Debussy
Images (Book 1)
Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.- PHILIPS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite d'apr猫s th猫mes, fragments et pi猫ces de Giambattista Pergolesi: II. Serenata
Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Peter Laul.- Stravinsky: Music for Violin, Vol. 1.
- BIS.
- 702.
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite d'apr猫s th猫mes, fragments et pi猫ces de Giambattista Pergolesi: III. Tarantella
Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Peter Laul.- Stravinsky: Music for Violin, Vol. 1.
- BIS.
- 703.
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite d'apr猫s th猫mes, fragments et pi猫ces de Giambattista Pergolesi: IV. Gavotta con due variazioni
Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Peter Laul.- Stravinsky: Music for Violin, Vol. 1.
- BIS.
- 704.
Broadcast
- Thu 2 Nov 2023 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3