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The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales perform Brahms

Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales in Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks, Brahms's Symphony No 1 and, with Daniel Ciobanu, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3.

Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to conduct the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales in a performance of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Brahms with three pieces that have all been referred to as neoclassical, but for very different stylistic reasons.

The concert begins with Stravinsky's Chamber Concerto Dumbarton Oaks, written in the middle of his neoclassical period. The focus of the piece falls on Bach's Brandenburg Concertos for inspiration, although as it progresses it owes much more to modernism than to the Baroque. Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto follows, a work often referred to as Neoclassical for its clean lines and light orchestration, in much the same vein as his "Classical" Symphony No 1. The programme concludes with Brahms's astonishing First Symphony, a work that took 21 years to complete before Brahms felt he could emerge from the shadow of Beethoven that had plagued him. To do this, he looked past Beethoven and created a radical, innovative symphony steeped in much older German traditions, most notably Bachian polyphony, and created a work that set him firmly in the canon as one of the most enduring composers of all time.

Nicola Heywood Thomas presents live from St. David's Hall in Cardiff.

7.30pm
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, 'Dumbarton Oaks'
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, op 26

c.8.20pm
Interval - Dr Cameron Gardener discusses Neoclassism in Brahms.

c.8.40pm
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor, op 68

Daniel Ciobanu (piano)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 17 Feb 2022 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano concerto No 3 in C major, Op 26

    Performer: Daniel Ciobanu. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • George Enescu

    Pi猫ces impromptues, Op. 18, "Suite No. 3": VII. Carillon nocturne

    Performer: Daniel Ciobanu.

  • George Enescu

    Pi猫ces impromptues, Op. 18, "Suite No. 3": VII. Carillon nocturne

    Performer: Daniel Ciobanu.

  • Paul Hindemith

    Kammermusik No. 1, Op.24'1, (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, deine Passion (Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Homage: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Feb 2022 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3