Aldeburgh Festival - Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances

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Kevin John Edusei joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for the second of two concerts at the Aldeburgh Festival. Dreams pervade the first half, beginning with Elizabeth Ogonek's Sleep & Unremembrance, which was based on a Wisława Szymborska poem about a strange dream. Ogonek's work is a vivid dreamscape, full of twists, turns, and mysteries. The Dreamer follows, a world premiere and BBC co-commission by Freya Waley Cohen, which she wrote for her sister, Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances rounds off the concert, his dazzling last orchestral work, which is full of wit and modernism, but never loses the heart we associate with the Russian master. Elizabeth Ogonek: Sleep and Unremembrance Freya Waley-Cohen: The Dreamer Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op 45 Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Kevin John Edusei (conductor) To listen on most smart speakers, just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 In Concert”.