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Schmidt's Second Symphony

Jonathan Berman conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales in Franz Schmidt's Second Symphony, They are joined by Matthew Featherstone for Lowell Liebermann's Flute Concerto.

Jonathan Berman conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales in a performance of Franz Schmidt's 2nd Symphony. The work is the largest of the Austro-Hungarian composer's four symphonies, and is characteristically innovative in form and scope. Tonight's performance marks the latest in the cycle of symphonies which Berman began with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales in 2020. Before the interval, Berman will lead the orchestra through the Ricercare for 3 voices - the opening movement of JS Bach's The Musical Offering, heard here in Igor Markevich's version for double string orchestra and string trio. Following this, Matthew Featherstone appears as the soloist in Lowell Liebermann's Flute concerto, a work commissioned and made famous by Sir James Galway 30 years ago.

Presented by Hannah French, and recorded on 21st of October in Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

JS Bach, arr Markevitch: Ricercare a 3 (The Musical Offering, BWV 1079)
Lowell Liebermann: Flute Concerto, Op 39

8.10pm
Interval Music

8.30pm
Schmidt: Symphony No 2 in E flat major

Matthew Featherstone (flute)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Jonathan Berman (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 1 Nov 2022 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musiklisches Opfer: Ricercare a 3

    Music Arranger: Igor Markevitch. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.

  • Lowell Liebermann

    Concerto for flute and orchestra, Op 39

    Performer: Matthew Featherstone. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.

  • Vincent Persichetti

    Piano Sonata No 2

    Performer: Geoffrey Burleson.

  • John Dowland

    Flow My Tears

    Performer: Anneke Hodnett. Performer: Matthew Featherstone. Performer: Rosalind Ventris. Music Arranger: Matthew Featherstone.
    • Between Earth and Sea.
    • TΕ· Cerdd.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schmidt

    4 Small Choral Preludes: O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort

    Performer: Roman Summereder.
    • Reger, Schmidt, Jarnach, David & Reda: Organ Works.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No 2 in E Flat Major

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No.8 in B flat, D.112

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C major, Op 68 No 1

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Nov 2022 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3