Afternoon on 3 - Composer-Conductor-Performers - Episode 3

BBC National Orchestra of Wales LIVE from Cardiff Elin Manahan Thomas introduces a live BBC National Orchestra of Wales concert from BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, conducted by Andrew Grams. Continuing Afternoon on 3's look at classical music's rich lineage of composer-conductor-performers, the programme begins with Mendelssohn's overture - Calm sea and a prosperous voyage and concludes with Chabrier's Espana. Also including Schubert's Symphony No.3, Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Toru Takemitsu's 1991 Fantasma-Cantos, a lush single-movement concerto for clarinet and orchestra, showcasing soloist Robert Plane. Mendelssohn: Overture - Calm sea and a prosperous voyage Schubert: Symphony No.3 in D major Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Takemitsu: Fantasma-cantos for clarinet and orchestra Robert Plane, clarinet Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Chabrier: Espana - rhapsody BBC National Orchestra of Wales Andrew Grams, conductor.