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City of London and St Magnus Festivals

Saturday 3 September 2005 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Sarah Walker introduces the ensemble Psappha in a concert recorded at the recent City of London Festival. Katalin Karolyi is the mezzo-soprano soloist in Luciano Berio's ever popular Folksongs. In Peter Maxwell Davies' iconic music-theatre piece Eight Songs for a Mad King, baritone Kelvin Thomas takes the central role.

Staying with Davies, there's also a performance of his Missa Super L'Homme Armé, paired with Nigel Osborne's Sarajevo, performed by the Paragon Ensemble, conducted by Garry Walker, recorded at this year's St Magnus Festival.

Plus pianist Nicolas Hodges plays 5 Piano Pieces by Cornelius Cardew.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist

Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Philip Tagney
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns

City of London and St Magnus Festivals

Luciano Berio
'Folksongs' (21'00")
Psappha conducted by Nicholas Kok with Katalin Karolyi (mezzo soprano)

Peter Maxwell Davies
'Eight Songs for a Mad King' (25'47")
Read an extended programme note here
Psappha with Kelvin Thomas (baritone)

Luciano Berio
'Sequenza IV' (11'06")
Florent Boffard (piano)
CD: Deutsche Grammofon DG 457 039-2, track 4

Peter Maxwell Davies
'Missa Super L'Homme Armé' (17'17")
Read a programme note here
Paragon Ensemble conducted by Garry Walker with Alexandra Gibson (alto)

Nigel Osborne
'Sarajevo' (18'23")
Paragon Ensemble conducted by Garry Walker with Robert Irvine (cello)

Cornelius Cardew
'5 Piano Pieces' [version 1] (3'00")
Nicolas Hodges (piano)

Cornelius Cardew
'5 Piano Pieces' [version 2] (3'40")
Nicolas Hodges (piano)

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