Folk, Fire and the Cello

Cellist Laura van der Heijden teams up with Sinfonia Cymru for a thrilling programme of string music inspired by folklore and fairytales, including a performance of Dobrinka Tabakova's lyrical Cello Concerto. On this journey of earthy textures and electrifying contrasts, we're transported from Ravel's enchanted garden to the coastline of Wales and experience the riotous ride of Bartók's Divertimento for strings.

Presented by Verity Sharp, and recorded at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff on 28th February.

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Céphale et Procris (Act IV, Scene 6: Les demons)
Grace Williams: The Dark Island, II. Barcarolle
Hildegard von Bingen: Antiphons
Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds
Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation (II. The Cutting Garden)
Maurice Ravel arr. Martelli: Mother Goose (V. The Enchanted Garden)

Dobrinka Tabakova: Concerto for Cello and Strings

Interval

Leroy Anderson: Plink, Plank, Plunk!
John Rutter: Suite for Strings (I. A-Roving, II. I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue)
Patrick Rimes: Galliard-Bourree
Trad. arr. Patrick Rimes: Ar Lan y Môr
Trad. arr. Danish String Quartet: Nordic Suite (II. Scherzo: Staedelil)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Divertimento for Strings

Laura van der Heijden, cello
Sinfonia Cymru
Haim Choi, leader

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