麻豆社

The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elena Schwarz performs Adams's pulsating Harmonielehre, Du Yun's Hundred Heads and, with soloist Steven Banks, Billy Child's Diaspora.

Recorded at the Barbican on Friday 8th May. Presented by Martin Handley.

Du Yun: Hundred Heads
Billy Childs: Diaspora: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (UK Premiere)

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John Adams: Harmonielehre

Steven Banks (saxophone)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Elena Schwarz (conductor)

Billy Childs鈥檚 yearning sax sings of oppression and freedom. And a mythical Chinese monster somehow contains the spirit of jazz legend Ray Charles, in Du Yun鈥檚 Hundred Heads.

John Adams鈥檚 Harmonielehre is both a tribute to Schoenberg and a glittering celebration of West Coast counterculture. For Du Yun and Billy Childs, meanwhile, tales of Africa and China, the poetry of Maya Angelou and the deathless sound of Soul come together to create something powerful, personal and utterly new.

Every nation has a million stories: in America鈥檚 250th year, the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, conductor Elena Schwarz and saxophonist Steven Banks share some of the boldest.