Machines Implacable and Fragile
John Woolrich (b.1954): 4/5. Machines Implacable and Fragile: John Woolrich tells Donald Macleod about his fondness for ticking and whirring things, as heard in his oboe concerto.
John Woolrich (b.1954)
4/5. Machines Implacable and Fragile
John Woolrich talks to Donald Macleod about his fascination with ticking and whirring things, and his oboe concerto, in which the crowd (or orchestra) takes up an armory of dustbins, scaffolding bars, car wheel hubs, and sawn-off oxygen cylinders to force the soloist into retreat.
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- Thu 6 Mar 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 6 Mar 200820:45BBC Radio 3
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