麻豆社

Penny Gore presents the 麻豆社 NOW in recent performances including a favourite concerto by Mozart and a rarely heard concerto by Erwin Schulhoff written of 1930. There's a maritime flavour in the two works by Ibert and Debussy and, in this week's concluding programme, there's a chance to catch up with Toshio Hosokawa's Woven Dreams, the winner of the international category of the 2013 British Composer Awards. Hosokawa writes about the piece: "I once had a dream that I was in my mother's womb. In the dream, I experienced these things: the joy of being in the warm womb, pressure and obsession that I must be born before long, and the joy of coming into the world through the suffering and pain of the process of birth. These are deep experiences that will stay in my mind for all time and which I have tried to recreate in music.
In this work there are many influences from the musical language of Gagaku, the ancient Japanese court music that is the womb of my music."

Toshio Hosokawa: Woven Dreams for orchestra
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jun M盲rkl (conductor)

Mozart Concerto No.26 in D major K.537 (Coronation)
Llyr Williams (piano)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jun M盲rkl (conductor)

Schulhoff: Concerto for string quartet and winds
Signum Quartet (麻豆社 NGA Artists)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph K枚nig (conductor)

Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream for guitar and orchestra
Sean Shibe (guitar) (麻豆社 NGA Artist)
Elena Urioste (violin)
Signum Quartet
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph K枚nig (conductor)

Chausson: Po猫me Op.25 for violin and orchestra
Elena Urioste (violin) (麻豆社 NGA Artist)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph K枚nig (conductor)

Ibert Escales [Ports of call]

Debussy: La Mer - 3 symphonic sketches for orchestra
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Jun M盲rkl (conductor).