BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Alice Neary, Maxim Rysanov, Robert Court

Edwin Outwater - Conductor
Members of the BBC National Chorus of Wales

Robert Court - organ
Maxim Rysanov - viola
Alice Neary - cello

Programme:
P?teris Vasks - Cantabile
P?teris Vasks - Viola Concerto
John Metcalf - Cello Symphony

With its rich, sensual sound, there is surely no better instrument to convey the profound emotion of P?teris Vasks’s music than the viola. His new concerto, performed by the charismatic Maxim Rysanov is one of the highlights of this year’s Festival.

Concluding the concert, Metcalf’s radiant Cello Symphony, a work in which the solo instrument embarks upon a rhapsodic musical journey in the company of chorus and orchestra.

6:15pm, Hoddinott Hall

Meet the Composer
P?teris Vasks talks to Peter Reynolds about his work and Robert Court performs his Canto di forza on the organ