New Music by Young Composers
Ivan Hewett presents new music for orchestra by young composers. Plus the Hear and Now Fifty: a profile of George Benjamin's chamber orchestral score At First Light.
Ivan Hewett presents new music for orchestra by young composers, including works developed through "Embedded" residencies with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra:
Yuko Ohara: Kaleidoscope
Laura Bowler: Irresistible Demands Of The Flesh
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Garry Walker
and from an LPO Debut Sounds concert:
Emily Wright: Incantation
Erik Flores: Foliage
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Clement Power
Plus in this week's Hear And Now Fifty, Gillian Moore advocates George Benjamin's At First Light, a chamber orchestral score of "extraordinary detail and skill"; while Paul Griffiths describes the significance of the work as a benchmark for British composing.
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Yuko Ohara
Kaleidoscope (World Premiere)
Performers: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
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Laura Bowler
Irresistable Demands of the Flesh (World Premiere)
Performers: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
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Emily Wright
Incantation
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Lutoslawski
Jeux Venetiens
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Erick Flores
Foliage
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Sir George Benjamin
At First Light
Broadcast
- Sat 12 May 2012 22:30麻豆社 Radio 3
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