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Barber Violin Concerto

The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Nil Venditti perform Rossini, Respighi and Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir. Stella Chen is soloist in Barber's Violin Concerto.

The 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales are joined by conductor Nil Venditti for a programme celebrating her Italian heritage with the music of Rossini and Respighi, as well as a UK Premiere of a work by Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir, and Barber's much-loved Violin Concerto.

The concert opens with Sigf煤sd贸ttir's Oceans, an effervescent work by the Icelandic composer that is rooted in the natural world. Then, before the interval, Stella Chen will join the orchestra to dazzle in Barber's Violin Concerto, a lyrical piece which demands great virtuosity from the soloist. To finish, two works which are intimately linked: Ottorino Respighi's Rossiniana, in which he takes four piano pieces of Rossini and transforms them into a wonderful orchestral work, and then the name sake of that piece's most famous work, Rossini's Overture to William Tell.

Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir: Oceans
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14
Respighi: Rossiniana P 148
Rossini: William Tell (Overture)

Stella Chen (violin)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

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2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Feb 2026 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir

    Oceans

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Samuel Barber

    Violin concerto, Op 14

    Performer: Stella Chen. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi, che sapete

    Performer: Stella Chen. Performer: Steven Hudson.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasia in C major, D 934

    Performer: Stella Chen. Performer: Henry Kramer.
    • Platoon.

  • Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir

    Kom vinur

    Choir: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Les Cornichons

    Performer: Alessandro Marangoni.
    • rossini: complete piano music vol. 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Rossiniana (Suite From Rossini's 'Les Riens')

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet In F Major Op.77 No.2

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Feb 2026 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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