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Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields

Anthracite Fields, an oratorio by the American composer Julia Wolfe, performed by the BBC Singers, Bang on a Can All-Stars and conductor Tecwyn Evans.

The BBC Singers and Bang on a Can All-Stars, conducted by Tecwyn Evans, perform the oratorio Anthracite Fields by the American composer Julia Wolfe. It was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music. It commemorates the history of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Coal Region and it has been described as "an unforgettably haunting, harrowing evocation of the plight of Pennsylvania's coal miners, incorporating many musical styles and effectively shadowy visuals." Plus Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bax’s tone poem, The Garden of Fand, inspired by the Irish Celtic sea goddess Fand.
Presented by Kate Molleson

Julia Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
BBC Singers
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

3.10pm
Bax: The Garden of Fand
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 6 Mar 201914:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Julia Wolfe

    Anthracite Fields

    Performer: BBC Singers. Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars. Conductor: Tecwyn Evans.

  • Arnold Bax

    Garden of Fand

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 Mar 201914:00
    BBC Radio 3

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