Berkeley, Poulenc, Stravinsky [Performance On 3]

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01Fri, 19 Jun 2009 - Part 120090619Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

In a concert from St David's Hall, Cardiff, Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a new work by Michael Berkeley - one of Britain's leading composers - written as a threnody after the death of a friend.

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Berkeley: Gabriel's Lament (world premiere).

Petroc Trelawny presents the BBCNOW/Thierry Fischer in Michael Berkeley: Gabriel's Lament.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

02Fri, 19 Jun 2009 - Part 220090619Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales' concert from St David's Hall, Cardiff, concludes with Poulenc's early ballet Les biches, followed by Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, one of the great orchestral showpieces that evokes the violent arrival of the Russian spring.

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Poulenc: Les biches

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring.

With Petroc Trelawny. The BBCNOW in Poulenc: Les biches and Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.