BBC Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall New Music Ensemble

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy and Richard Ayres' witty portrait of an insomniac composer in the early hours! Plus the Guildhall New Music Ensemble plays music by Brett Dean and Knussen.

Richard Ayres: No. 48 (night studio) - world premiere of BBC commission
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Brett Dean: Polysomnography
Guildhall New Music Ensemble

Oliver Knussen: Songs Without Voices, Op.26
Guildhall New Music Ensemble
Richard Baker (conductor)

Debussy: The Martyrdom of St Sebastian - symphonic fragments
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Oliver Knussen, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's former Artist in Association, conducts Debussy's ravishing score - and has his own exquisite octet performed by Guildhall students. Brett Dean is the BBC SO's current Artist in Association. British composer Richard Ayres uses pre-recorded voices and sounds with orchestra to take the listener into the mind of a composer.