New Future
Donald Macleod explores the RPS's activities in the 21st century with works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Huw Watkins, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto, commissioned by the RPS in 1910.
Donald Macleod rounds off this week's exploration of the pieces commissioned and premiered by the RPS during its 200-year history by taking us right up to the 21st century, with recent works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Huw Watkins. Donald is also joined by cultural historian, Leanne Langley to tell the story of perhaps the most significant RPS commission of the early 20th century - Elgar's Violin Concerto - and presents a final masterwork from the middle of the last century: Walton's orchestral showpiece "Variations on a Theme of Hindemith".
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Richard Rodney Bennett
The Mouse And The Bumblebee - Songs Before Sleep
Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone), Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)
- NMC: D155.
- 6.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Songs Before Sleep
Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone), Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)
- NMC: D155.
- 8.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Baby, Baby, Naughty Baby - Songs Before Sleep
Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone), Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)
- NMC: D155.
- 9.
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Edward Elgar
II. Andante - Violin Concerto
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Edward Elgar
- EMI: 5669792.
- 2.
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William Walton
Variations On A Theme Of Hindemith
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: William Walton
- BBC LEGENDS: BBCL40982.
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Huw Watkins
Partita for solo violin
Performer: Alina Ibragimova (violin)
- NMCD164.
- 17.
Broadcasts
- Fri 9 Aug 201312:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 9 Aug 201318:00BBC Radio 3
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