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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ NOW perform Ives' 1st Symphony

Geoffrey Paterson and the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales perform Ives' Symphony No 1, Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails, and a world premiere by Simon Wills.

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales are joined by Geoffrey Paterson to perform a work by American composer Charles Ives. Ives wrote his vigorous and youthful First Symphony around the turn of the 20th Century, and it is heavily steeped in the traditions of the late romantics. Tonight, Ives has been paired with music by two living composers, Gabriella Smith and Simon Wills. Smith's Tumblebird Contrails was inspired by an epiphany of nature while stood on the Californian coast listening to the waves and seabirds, while Wills' piece for trombone and orchestra, which he will conduct himself, was inspired by the relationship of the author James Joyce and his wife Nora Barnacle.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

Gabriella Smith: Tumblebird Contrails
Simon Wills: Nora Barnacle Assumes Command - Ballet Concertante in eleven scenes for trombone and orchestra
Ives: Symphony No 1 in D minor

Donal Bannister (trombone)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Geoffrey Paterson (conductor)
Simon Wills (conductor)

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Last on

Thu 5 Dec 2024 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriella Smith

    Tumblebird Contrails

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.

  • Simon Wills

    Nora Barnacle Assumes Command - Ballet concertante in several scenes

    Performer: Donal Bannister. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Simon Wills.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96 'American' (mvt 3)

    Ensemble: Ragazze Quartet.

  • Simon Wills

    ...without words

    Ensemble: Endymion.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 2 in A minor (mvt 4)

    Ensemble: Ragazze Quartet.

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony No 1 in D minor

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    ChΓ΄ros No. 1

    Performer: Pedro Aguiar.
    • Pereira, Villa-Lobos, Reis & Others: Works for Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 901.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Dec 2024 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3