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Marzena Diakun conducts BBC NOW

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Marzena Diakun perform Martinů's Symphony No 3, and pianist Alexandre Tharaud joins for a new BBC commission, Cara Bali, by Thierry Pécou.

Conductor Marzena Diakun joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to perform three works drawing inspiration from very different places. Debussy evokes a fanciful realm in his Prélude à 'l'après-midi d'un faune', a masterful impressionist interpretation of the world through the eyes of the titular faun from Mallarmé's extraordinary poem. In a new BBC Radio 3 Commission, Thierry Pecou expresses his love of gamelan music and evokes Indonesia in Cara Bali, his new Piano Concerto. The title means "way back" in Malay, and the soloist here is long-time collaborator Alexandre Tharaud. Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů may not have written his Third Symphony with America specifically in mind, but it is nevertheless highly evocative of the period in his life that he spent in the USA. He had not written any symphonies before emigrating there, and saw the mastery of that form as crucial to his fortunes in the New World.

Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, live from BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm
Debussy: Prélude à 'L'après-midi d'un faune'
Thierry Pécou: Cara Bali Concerto

8.15pm
Interval Music

8.35pm
Martinů: Symphony No 3, H 299

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Marzena Diakun (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 Jan 2023 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Marzena Diakun.

  • Thierry Pécou

    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 'Cara Bali'

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Marzena Diakun.

  • Gamelan Çudamani

    Tebog

    Ensemble: Gamelan Çudamani.

  • Thierry Pécou

    Traces-memories: effacement 3

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Ensemble: Ensemble Zellig.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97 'American'. II. Allegro Vivo

    Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Symphony no 3

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Marzena Diakun.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Giunse alfin il momento (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Chorus. Conductor: Kazushi Ono.
    • Diva Divo - Opera Arias: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Jan 2023 19:30
    BBC Radio 3