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Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein

The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales and principal conductor Ryan Bancroft perform Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein as well as works by Jennifer Higdon and WL Dawson.

For the closing concert of their season, the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales are joined once more by their principal conductor, Ryan Bancroft, for a programme that celebrates America with music from Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k, Jennifer Higdon, and William Levi Dawson. The concert opens with Dvorak's much-loved Cello Concerto, which he wrote in New York while director of the National Conservatory there. American cellist Alisa Weilerstein will be soloist for that work, 10 years after performing it at the 麻豆社 Proms. After the interval, Ryan and the Orchestra will perform Jennifer Higdon's deeply moving, and eternally touching, tribute to her brother, Blue Cathedral. To end, we will be treated to one of the first and most enduring symphonies by a black composer 鈥� William Levi Dawson and his Negro Folk Symphony. Dawson and others of his generation of saw the word 'negro' as a mark of pride in his heritage, and in 1934 finished this unique work steeped in the traditions which he held so dear.

Presented by Linton Stephens and recorded on the 6th of June in 麻豆社 Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

Dvor谩k: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104
Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral
WL Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Jun 2024 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • William Levi Dawson

    Soon Ah Will Be Done

    Choir: Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola. Director: Kent Tritle.
    • Cool of the Day - A Cappella Choral Gems Through The Centuries.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 19.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 (Gigue)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach - Cello Suites.
    • Pentatone.
    • 18.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No 4 In D Major, Op 83 (Mvt 2)

    Ensemble: Danel String Quartet.
    • Shostakovich - The Complete String Quartets.
    • Accentus.
    • 2.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Blue Cathedral

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • William Levi Dawson

    Negro Folk Symphony

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Jun 2024 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3