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Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Christoph Koenig conducts the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales in Grace Williams's Sea Sketches and Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony.

For this evening's concert, Christoph Koenig joins the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales to conduct two outstanding works: Grace Williams's Sea Sketches and Mahler's Fifth Symphony. The Sea Sketches depict the sea in five distinct moods, from its most placid and beautiful, to its most violent and tempestuous. The piece was written in London at a time when Williams was longing to return to her home by the South Wales coast. Mahler's Fifth Symphony is not descriptive in the same way as the Sea Sketches, although some have attributed to it an autobiographical narrative; it nonetheless takes the listener through a barrage of vivid emotions, from utter darkness to blazing triumph. Mahler was convalescing from a near death experience when he began writing the symphony, and the monumental work which he created forged a new, complex style of writing which would leave an indelible legacy.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas and recorded in Brangwyn Hall on the 12th of March.

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G Williams: Sea Sketches for string orchestra

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Interval music exploring the influence of Mahler on Ethel Smyth

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Mahler: Symphony No 5

麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph Koenig (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 17 Mar 2022 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.

  • Elisabeth Lutyens

    Chamber concerto No 1, Op 8: No 1

    Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels. Conductor: Roger Montgomery.
    • NMC.

  • Ethel Smyth

    3 Moods of the Sea

    Performer: Kelvin Grout. Singer: Maarten Koningsberger.
    • Troubadisc.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 32. Op. 111

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • Beethoven - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 8.
    • BIS.
    • 11-12.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    A John Field Suite (Polka)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Harty: A John Field Suite: Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

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