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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Reformation & Invigoration

BBC Hoddinott Hall

15 May 2025

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Reformation & Invigoration

15 May 2025

BBC Hoddinott Hall

STYLISH | DRAMATIC | VIVACIOUS

Busy whispers and buzzing excitement lead to gargantuan climaxes in Mozart’s ever-popular overture to the opera Le nozze di Figaro. Witty, scampering and joyful throughout, it’s the perfect opener to any concert. Mendelssohn’s Fifth Symphony foreshadows a similar elegant melodiousness – intended to symbolise Protestant Reformation, this symphony journeys through dramatic outbursts, aria-like solos and jaunty chorales towards triumph in the face of reform. To conduct we’re delighted to welcome Jörg Widmann to make his debut with BBC NOW.

Violinist Carolin Widmann has made a name internationally as one of the finest performers of the Classical and Romantic repertoire, so it is hardly surprising when you hear she told her brother Jörg as a youngster that he was crazy upon asking her to try out some extended techniques! Written for and dedicated to Carolin, his second Violin Concerto uses the solo line as the work's narrator, giving the violin its own voice and exploring the virtuoso Romantic style Carolin revels in.

Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Overture

Jörg Widmann Concerto for Violin No. 2 [UK Premiere]

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’

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Jörg Widmann conductor

Carolin Widmann violin

Start time: 7.30pm

Running time: 95 minutes

UNDER 26S AND STUDENTS

£6

OVER 65S, DISABLED AND UNWAGED

£12

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