Episode 5
With Donald Macleod. Including the energetic Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos, the majestic Psalm 90 and the quirky Set for Theatre Orchestra.
Including the invigorating Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos, the majestic Psalm 90 and the quirky Set for Theatre Orchestra as well as a group of late Ives songs.
On the Antipodes
Henry Herford (baritone)
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos
Alexei Lubimov, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pianos)
Psalm 90
Pamela Priestley-Smith (soprano)
David Roy (tenor)
Christopher Hughes (organ)
Stephen Lees, Tony Lucas, Nicholas Ormrod, Nigel Shipway (bells)
BBC Singers
The One Way; A Sea Dirge; Yellow Leaves
Dora Ohrenstein (soprano)
Phillip Bush (piano)
In the Mornin
Mary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano)
Dennis Helmrich (piano)
Set for Theatre Orchestra
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
Sunrise
Martha Hart (mezzo-soprano)
Charles Gray (violin)
Mark S Johnson (piano).
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- Fri 25 Jul 200812:00BBC Radio 3
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