Sound Frontiers: Daniel Kidane
Donald Macleod is in conversation with young British composer Daniel Kidane, who writes for large orchestras and chamber groups in a range of different combinations.
As part of Radio 3 live at Southbank Centre, London, Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work. Featuring music by Anoushka Shankar, Gwilym Simcock, Helen Grime, Anna Meredith and Daniel Kidane.
Today Donald is in conversation with Daniel Kidane (b 1986). Currently undertaking a doctoral degree under Julian Anderson at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Daniel is a contributor to the LSO's creative collective Soundhub. The broad scope of his soundworld spans works for large orchestras, chamber groups in a range of different combinations, in particular establishing close relationships with Riot Ensemble, the Fournier Piano Trio, the harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, and Manchester Camerata.
music includes:
Sirens
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Gourlay, conductor
Tourbillon
Michaela Petri, recorder
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord.
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Tourbillion
Performer: Michala Petri. Performer: Mahan Esfahani.![]()
Daniel Kidane
Flux and Stasis
Performer: Sulki Yu. Performer: Pei-Jee Ng. Performer: Chiao-Ying Chang.![]()
Daniel Kidane
Foreign Tongues
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.![]()
Daniel Kidane
Pulsing
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.![]()
Daniel Kidane
Inner Voices
Ensemble: Riot Ensemble.
Broadcast
- Fri 7 Oct 201612:00BBC Radio 3
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