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Katie Derham continues a week of programmes showcasing recent performances by the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales, featuring British music and Romantic favourites.

The orchestra's late Principal Conductor Richard Hickox conducts Delius's Sea Drift in a performance from the 2004 Proms, newly remastered for the composer's centenary year. Finnish forests and Snowdonian landscapes are conjured up in tone poems by Sibelius and Hoddinott, and Japanese violin virtuoso Akiko Suwanai performs Sibelius's fiendishly difficult concerto.

Plus the 麻豆社 National Chorus of Wales and soprano Jane Irwin join the orchestra for a rare performance of Elgar's introspective cantata The Music Makers, given in Swansea earlier this year.

Delius: Sea Drift
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

c. 2.25pm
Sibelius: Tapiola
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

c. 2.45pm
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Akiko Suwanai (violin)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

c. 3.20pm
Hoddinott: Landscapes
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

c. 3.40pm
Elgar: The Music Makers
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
麻豆社 National Chorus of Wales
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor).