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In the Midnight Hour

Music by Anna Clyne, Benjamin Britten, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur and Ruth Gipps in concert performances by the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆社 Singers.

In this concert recorded at London's Barbican Hall in March 2018, Anna Clyne's 2015 orchestral work This Midnight Hour draws inspiration from the waltz and two poems, one by Juan Ram贸n Jim茅nez, where music is described as 'a naked woman running mad through the pure night'; the other by lover of the decadent Charles Baudelaire from his Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) . Expect a magic-lantern show in music, a panorama of vivid, intoxicating nocturnal sounds. Then Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang plays Britten's Violin Concerto, one of the most profound of twentieth century concertos for the instrument, a work that has finally emerged from the shadows and one that Frang has made her own. To conclude, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No.6, where a composer's infatuation with nature, sparked on his walks in the countryside around Vienna, lights the score.
Next, the 麻豆社 Singers and their Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin explore one of the landmarks of French 20th-century choral writing - Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur鈥檚 setting of parts of the biblical Song of Songs, Le Cantique des Cantiques. Nigel Hess鈥檚 theme tune to Ladies in Lavender receives its world premiere broadcast in a new choral arrangement, written for the 麻豆社 Singers by the composer, alongside two works for choir by the 20th-century English composer, Ruth Gipps.
Presented by Georgia Mann.

2pm
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
Britten: Violin Concerto Op.15
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' in F Op.68
Vilde Frang (violin)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.3.40pm
Daniel-Lesur: Le Cantique des Cantiques
Nigel Hess: Kyrie
Ruth Gipps: Easter Hymn
Ruth Gipps: Gloria
麻豆社 Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 11 May 2020 14:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anna Clyne

    This Midnight Hour

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Violin Concerto Op.15

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Pastoral

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Anders Hillborg

    Opening Fanfare for Brass

    Ensemble: Signum Brass.

  • Anders Hillborg

    Tampere Raw

    Performer: Jonathan Willett. Performer: Kerry Waller.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Performer: 麻豆社 Singers. Performer: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur

    Le Cantique Des Cantiques

    Performer: 麻豆社 Singers. Performer: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Nigel Hess

    Kyrie

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Ruth Gipps

    An Easter Carol

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Gloria In Excelsis

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Erik Satie

    Jack-in-the-box Pantomime

    Music Arranger: Darius Milhaud. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Darius Milhaud.
    • Carlton Classics.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 May 2020 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3