Performance on 3 - BBCNOW/Weller

Presented by Martin Handley. In a concert given at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales play music by Dvorak and Beethoven, plus Szymanowski, in which they are joined by violinist Alina Ilbragimova. The programme begins with Dvorak's eerie The Noonday Witch, followed by Szymanowski's intense and romantic First Violin Concerto, and then concluding with Beethoven's Symphony No 7. Few symphonies are more demonic in their energy and power than this work, which Wagner described as 'the apotheosis of the dance', though when Weber heard it, he thought Beethoven 'fit for the madhouse'. Dvorak: The Noonday Witch Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1 Beethoven: Symphony No 7 Alina Ilbragimova (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Walter Weller (conductor) Followed by perforrmances from previous winners of the Cardiff Singer of the World, including songs by Schubert performed by Bryn Terfel.