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Vale of Glamorgan Festival, Bent Sorensen, Qigang Chen

BBC National Orchestra of Wales plays new music by Qigang Chen, Thierry Escaich and Bent Sorensen from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival.

Tom Service introduces a concert of new orchestral music recorded at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in May.

Qigang Chen: L’eloignement
Thierry Escaich: Psalmos
Bent Sørensen: Trumpet Concerto
Qigang Chen: Jian Tchen Tse

Meng Meng (voice)
Philippe Schartz (trumpet)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

Also tonight, music writer Tim Rutherford-Johnson joins Tom to review new CDs of new music, including the first releases on the new label All That Dust.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Qigang Chen

    L'eloignement for String Orchestra

    Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Thierry Escaich

    Psalmos

    Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Bent Sørensen

    Trumpet Concerto

    Performer: Philippe Schartz. Conductor: Alexander Bloch. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Qigang Chen

    Jian Tchen Tse

    Performer: Meng Meng. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Matthew Shlomowitz

    Popular Contexts 8: (i) Drummin' In The Rain

    Ensemble: asamisimasa.
    • all that dust.
  • Luigi Nono

    La Fabbrica Illuminata (excerpt)

    Performer: Mark Knoop. Singer: Loré Lixenberg.
    • all that dust.
  • Christopher Mercer

    Phantom Image (excerpt)

    Performer: Christopher Mercer.
  • Wolfgang Mitterer

    Beethoven - Intermezzo

    Performer: Wolfgang Mitterer. Conductor: Gustav Kuhn. Orchestra: Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento.
    • COL LEGNO.

Credits

RoleContributor
PerformerBBC National Orchestra of Wales
PerformerBBC National Chorus of Wales

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Aug 201822:00

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