麻豆社

The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales is joined by Jaime Mart铆n, who conducts Kod谩ly's Dances of Gal谩nta and Brahms's First Serenade. Jonathan Roozeman appears as soloist in Dvo艡谩k's Cello Concerto.

Brahms was slow to begin his symphonic career, at least in part due to a desire to match Beethoven's mastery of the form. His First Serenade was, in essence, a practise run at symphonic writing鈥攂ut without the need for the moniker "Symphony". Nonetheless, the finished work has a sense of unity that belies its origins, and shows that Brahms was already a master in the making.

Zolt谩n Kod谩ly's thrilling score for the Dances of Gal谩nta draws from the gypsy music that was such an influence on him as a child growing up in western Hungary. The influence of Hungarian folk music was important to the three composers on the bill, and in the interval we'll explore this in more depth after hearing Dvo艡谩k's masterwork for the cello, his B minor Concerto, a perennial favourite of cellists and audiences alike.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, recorded in January at 麻豆社 Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff.

Kod谩ly: Dances of Gal谩nta
Dvo艡谩k: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104

8.35pm
Interval Music (from CD)
Dvo艡谩k: Zelenaj se, zelenaj (Moravian Duets, Op 32)
Bartok: Four Old Hungarian Songs
C Schumann: Soirees Musicales, Op 6 (Mazurka; Polonaise)

8.55pm
Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11

Jonathan Roozeman (cello)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jaime Mart铆n (conductor)