Hear And Now
Anthony Gilbert - A Retrospective
Saturday听11听September听2004听23:00-1:00听(Radio 3)
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Ivan Hewett introduces a concert marking Anthony Gilbert's 70th birthday in July, given by the Endymion ensemble. They explored his highly individual chamber works including Elegy for piano (1967); Long White Moonlight (1980) for soprano and electric double bass; O'Grady Music (1971) for clarinet, cello and toy instruments; Spell Respell (1968) for electric bassett clarinet and piano; and the world premiere of Tinos for soprano, bass clarinet and vibraphone.
The programme also features short tributes to Gilbert by some of his friends and former students including Martin Butler and Simon Holt.
Duration:2 hours
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Playlist Portrait of Anthony Gilbert
Anthony Gilbert
鈥楨legy for piano鈥 (1967) (2鈥27鈥)
Michael Dussek (piano)
Anthony Gilbert
鈥楲ong White Moonlight鈥 (1980) (19鈥07鈥)
Marie Vassiliou (soprano), Corrado Canonici (electric double bass)
Anthony Gilbert
鈥楾inos鈥 (2004) (4鈥10鈥)
Marie Vassiliou (soprano), Mark van der Wiel (bass clarinet), Matt Green (vibraphone)
World Premiere
Anthony Gilbert
鈥極鈥橤rady Music鈥 (1971) (13鈥06鈥)
Mark van der Wiel (clarinet), Orlando Jopling (cello), Richard Benjafield (toy instruments)
Three tributes to Anthony Gilbert:
Colin Matthews
鈥楩anfare for Tony鈥 (1鈥32鈥)
James Sleigh (viola)
Simon Holt
鈥榖rief candles鈥 (6鈥15鈥)
Mark Van de Wiel (clarinet)
Martin Butler
鈥楬unding鈥 (4鈥23鈥)
Stephen Stirling (horn)
Anthony Gilbert
鈥楽tring Quartet no.3 鈥楽uper hoqueto David鈥欌 (1987) (6鈥33鈥)
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Kathryn Parry (violin), James Sleigh (cello), Jane Salmon (cello)
Anthony Gilbert
鈥楽pell Respell鈥 (1968) (11鈥50鈥)
Mark van der Wiel (electric bassett clarinet), Michael Dussek (piano)
Anthony Gilbert
鈥橧g贸rochki鈥 (1992) (20鈥02鈥)
Endymion Ensemble including Julien Feltrin (solo recorders) conducted by Quentin Poole
This edition of Hear and Now was preceded at 10.45pm in Pre-Hear with further tributes to Anthony Gilbert:
David Lumsdaine and Nicola Lefanu
鈥楴ight Song with Frogs鈥 (6鈥00鈥)
Edward Cervenka (cimbalom)
Alexander Goehr
鈥楢s and Gs鈥 (6鈥08鈥)
Christian Forshaw (soprano sax)
Anthony Payne
鈥楥onundrum鈥 (3鈥00鈥)
Jane Salmon (cello)
Harrison Birtwistle
鈥楪ilbert Ground鈥 (1鈥57鈥)
Mark van der Wiel (clarinet), Christian Forshaw (soprano sax), Stephen Stirling (horn), James Sleigh (viola), Jane Salmon (cello)
Don't forget, you can have your say on tonight's programme, or any aspect of new music by visiting the New Music Messageboard: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/h2/h2.cgi?state=threads&board=radio3.newmusic&
For further details of any of tonight's composers, performers or pieces, please e-mail hear.and.now@bbc.co.uk
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