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Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Thomas Sondergard play Walton, Webern and Brahms's Fourth Symphony, plus a new cello concerto from Huw Watkins for his brother, Paul.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Walton: Partita
Huw Watkins: Cello Concerto (麻豆社 commission: world premiere)

8.20 INTERVAL
Proms Extra: An Introduction to Brahms's Fourth Symphony
Martin Handley, with musicologists Laura Tunbridge and Robert Samuels, provide an introduction to Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor, the composer's last symphony, notable for its last movement which is in the form of a symphonic passacaglia.
Recorded earlier this evening at Imperial College Union.

8.40
Webern: Passacaglia
Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor

Paul Watkins (cello)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (Principal Conductor)

Thomas Sondergard conducts his 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales in a Prom exploring the idea of the orchestral 'passacaglia' and some of the most delicious and subtle sonorities ever conjured. Brahms's fourth and final symphony feels like the composer's supreme achievement for orchestra; its finale, a radiant passacaglia, is the summation of the composer's quest to wed discipline and emotion. After Walton's boisterous Partita comes the world premiere of the latest Proms cello concerto, a piece written by Huw Watkins and played by his brother, Paul. It's a work that stems from the brothers' long experience of performing chamber music together. "I'm biased of course," says Huw, "but there's no cellist I know who makes a more expressive and beautiful sound.".