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Ensemble Pygmalion performs Mozart’s Requiem

October 24, 2023, 8:00 pm

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An idiosyncratic version of Mozart’s Requiem from the stylish period instrument ensemble.

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Trad.: Plainsong ‘In paradisum’(3 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr)

Interspersed with:
Ach, zu kurz ist unsers Lebenslauf
Masonic Funeral Music
Kyrie in D minor, K. 90
Thamos, King of Egypt – ‘Ne pulvis et cinis’
Five Solfeggios – No. 2
Quis te comprehendat
Two Church Songs – No. 2: ‘O Gottes Lamm’


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Chineke! performs Beethoven and Haydn

October 17, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Aaron Azunda Akugbo holds a trumpet against a stone archway

Anthony Parnther leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and Valerie Coleman.

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Valerie Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four Noveletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52

Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Aaron Azunda Akugbo, trumpet

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1 – Rondo

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major


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Holst’s The Planets

September 26, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Jaime Martín holds his conductor's baton in front of a blue background

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jaime Martín present the suite alongside Welsh composer Grace Williams’ Violin Concerto.

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Dora Pejačević: Overture

Grace Williams: Violin Concerto
Geneva Lewis, violin

Gustav Holst: The Planets


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Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninoff

September 19, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Rising-star conductor Klaus Mäkelä also reads works by Jimmy López Bellido and William Walton in a program that features renowned American baritone Thomas Hampson.

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Jimmy López Bellido: Perú negro
UK premiere

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Yuja Wang, piano

William Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Thomas Hampson, baritone


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Felix Klieser plays Mozart

September 12, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Felix Klieser, dressed in black, holds his French horn with his feet

Plus, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits present Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 alongside a work by Karabits’s own father.

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Ivan Karabits: Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, ‘A Musical Gift to Kyiv’
UK premiere

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
Felix Klieser, horn

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor


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Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations

August 29, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Plus Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and a European premiere by Noriko Koide, all conducted by Elim Chan.

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Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain
BBC co-commission: European premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Jan Lisiecki, piano

Edward Elgar: ‘Enigma’ Variations


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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

August 22, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Elena Urioste seated, smiles while holding her violin

Tadaaki Otaka conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and violinist Elena Urioste in works by Rachmaninoff, Coleridge-Taylor, and Beethoven.

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Sergei Rachmaninoff (orch. Respighi): Five Études-tableaux

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor
Elena Urioste, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor