The National Youth Orchestra: Collide
Jump into timeless stories of love, courage and conflict as the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan perform the music of Hisaishi, Wagner, and Prokofiev.
Love, longing and conflict take centre stage in this concert from the National Youth Orchestra, conducted by Alpesh Chauhan. From the enchanting orchestral world of Joe Hisaishi’s music for Howl's Moving Castle to the unresolved passion of Tristan und Isolde and the tragic drama of Romeo and Juliet, this programme explores some of music’s most compelling portrayals of human emotion. Performed with the energy and ambition of the nation’s leading youth orchestra, these works reveal enduring stories of desire, destiny and transformation.
Recorded on the 9th April and presented by Elizabeth Alker.
Hisaishi: Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round + Cave of Mind” from Howl’s Moving Castle
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev: excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
The National Youth Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
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Joe Hisaishi
Symphonic Variation - Merry-go-round & Cave of mind from Howl's Moving Castle
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.![]()
Richard Wagner
Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.![]()
Gustav Mahler
Quartet movement in A minor
Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.- ORFEO.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Selection from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.![]()
Jacob Collier
Something Heavy
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.![]()
Joseph Haydn
String Quartert in E flat major, Op 64 No 6
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Haydn String Quartets Op 64.
- Chandos.
- 009.
Broadcast
- Wed 1 Jul 202619:30BBC Radio 3
