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Great British Classics

Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales, The 麻豆社 Singers & Nil Venditti perform a John Rutter premiere and violinist Liya Petrova joins for The Lark Ascending.

Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales, The 麻豆社 Singers & Nil Venditti perform a John Rutter premiere and violinist Liya Petrova joins for The Lark Ascending.

Presented by Katie Derham, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Walton, arr Tausky: Coronation March 鈥楥rown Imperial鈥
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
S Coleridge-Taylor: Isle of Beauty; The Evening Star
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 鈥楶eter Grimes鈥, Op 33a

c.8.30pm
Interval: The pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris joins Katie Derham, live at the Royal Albert Hall, to discuss the components that makes music quintessentially British.

c.8.50pm
Mathias: Dance Overture
John Rutter: Bird Songs (麻豆社 commission, world premiere)
A Coleridge-Taylor: The Shepherd; A Rustling of Grass (arr. Zo毛 Birtwhistle)
G Williams: Elegy for Strings
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, 鈥楨nigma鈥

Liya Petrova, violin
The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
The 麻豆社 Singers
Nil Venditti, conductor

A celebration of Britain鈥檚 land- and sea-scapes. Hear the soaring flight of Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending as well as the many moods of the North Sea as it meets Suffolk shingle in Britten鈥檚 Four Sea Interludes from 鈥楶eter Grimes鈥.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Aug 2025 19:00

Music Played

  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial - Coronation March

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Liya Petrova. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Isle Of Beauty

    Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    The Evening Star

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea Interludes Op.33a

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • William Mathias

    A Dance Overture (Dawns Agored) Op.16

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • John Rutter

    Bird Songs

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    The Rustling Of Grass Op.7

    Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    The Shepherd

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • John Rutter

    Bird Songs

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    The Rustling Of Grass Op.7

    Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    The Shepherd

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers.
  • Grace Williams

    Elegy

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op.36

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Oliver Knussen

    Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • DG.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Aug 2025 19:00