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Performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams at BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Tue 5 Aug 2025
- 19:00
  Great British Classics
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain’s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain’s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
  Programme
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’(6 mins)arr. Tausky
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  The Lee Shore(3 mins)
  Isle of Beauty(3 mins)
  The Evening Star(3 mins)
  Avril Coleridge-Taylor
  The Shepherd(4 mins)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending(13 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’(16 mins)
  interval
  William Mathias
  Dance Overture(6 mins)
  John Rutter
  new work(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Grace Williams
  Elegy for Strings(7 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations(31 mins)
  Performers
  Liya Petrova
  violin
  violin
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Nil Venditti
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  William Walton
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Avril Coleridge-Taylor
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Benjamin Britten
  William Mathias
  John Rutter
  Grace Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
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Fri 2 May 2025
- 19:30
  Expressions of Folk
  Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
  Welsh Euphonium sensation David Childs steps into the solo spot for the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s new concerto Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock.
  Welsh Euphonium sensation David Childs steps into the solo spot for the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s new concerto Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock.
  Programme
  Gustav Holst
  Capriccio
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version)
  Sir James MacMillan
  Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  In the Fen Country
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony in Three Movements
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Sir James MacMillan
  conductor
  conductor
  David Childs
  euphonium
  euphonium
  Composers
  Gustav Holst
  Igor Stravinsky
  Sir James MacMillan
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2024-25 Season Brangwyn Hall 2024-25
Thu 1 May 2025
- 19:30
  Expressions of Folk
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Welsh Euphonium sensation David Childs steps into the solo spot for the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s new concerto Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock, and the folk music of England provides the scene for Vaughan Williams’ In the Fen Country.
  Welsh Euphonium sensation David Childs steps into the solo spot for the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s new concerto Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock, and the folk music of England provides the scene for Vaughan Williams’ In the Fen Country.
  Programme
  Gustav Holst
  Capriccio
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version)
  Sir James MacMillan
  Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnockworld premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  In the Fen Country
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony in Three Movements
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Sir James MacMillan
  conductor
  conductor
  David Childs
  euphonium
  euphonium
  Composers
  Gustav Holst
  Igor Stravinsky
  Sir James MacMillan
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2024-25 Season BBC Hoddinott Hall 2024-25