22/06/2013
As part of Radio 3's celebration of British music, Ivan Hewett introduces music by Elisabeth Lutyens and Priaulx Rainier, plus an interview with Robin Holloway.
Ivan Hewett introduces music by two female British composers of the 20th-century: 12-tone pioneer Elisabeth Lutyens' operatic journey through the literary islands of Sophocles, Shelley, Rabelais and Robert Louis Stevenson; and South African-born Priaulx Rainier's setting of Edith Sitwell's poem The Bee-Keeper, first performed by Peter Pears at the 1969 Aldeburgh Festival. And continuing our series of interviews with British composers turning 70 this year, Robin Holloway reflects on his early career in conversation with Robert Worby, focusing on his orchestral work Scenes from Schumann.
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Priaulx Rainier
The Bee Oracles
Performers: James Oxley (tenor), Psappha, Mark Heron (conductor)
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Robin Holloway
Scenes from Schumann (excerpt)
Performers: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor)
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Elisabeth Lutyens
Islands
Performers: Gillian Keith (soprano), James Oxley (tenor), Richard Suart (narrator), Psappha, Mark Heron (conductor)
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Arlene Sierra
Moler (UK Premiere)
Performers: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor)
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