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BBC SSO - Boulez, Zuraj, Trojahn, Nikodijevic

Matthias Pintscher conducts the BBC SSO in ...explosante-fixe... by Pierre Boulez and UK and Scottish premieres by Marko Nikodijevic, Manfred Trojahn and Vito Zuraj.

Continuing Radio 3's celebration of the 90th birthday of the doyen of French composers, Pierre Boulez. Matthias Pintscher, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Artist-in-Association, conducts the orchestra in Boulez's classic ...explosante-fixe..., with flute players Roy Amotz, Michael Cox and Yvonne Paterson. Before the Boulez, Pintscher conducts two UK premieres, Herbstmusik/Sinfonischer Satz by Manfred Trojahn and the new horn concerto Hawk-eye by Vito Zuraj with soloist Saar Berger. Their concert begins with the Scottish premiere of Cvetic, Kucica.../La Lugubre Gondola (Funeral Music after Franz Liszt) by Marko Nikodijevic. And in this week's episode of Composers' Rooms, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the workspace of Spanish composer Hector Parra.

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Sat 28 Mar 201522:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Vito Žuraj

    Hawk-eye (horn concerto) (UK premiere)

    Performer: Saar Berger. Conductor: Matthias Pintscher. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Manfred Trojahn

    Herbstmusik/Sinfonischer Satz (Autumn Music/Symphonic Movement) (UK premiere)

    Conductor: Matthias Pintscher. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Marko Nikodijevic

    Cvetic, Kucica.../La Lugubre Gondola (Funeral Music after Franz Liszt)

    Conductor: Matthias Pintscher. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Pierre Boulez

    ...explosante-fixe...

    Performer: Roy Amotz. Conductor: Matthias Pintscher. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Thomas Brown

    Cairo (world premiere)

    Conductor: Duncan Ward. Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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PerformerBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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  • Sat 28 Mar 201522:00
    BBC Radio 3

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