Playlist

Summer Festivals 5 of 5: Cheltenham Festival

Thea Musgrave
‘Lamenting with Ariadne’ (16’26”)
BCMG (including Christopher Yates (viola) and Jonathan Holland (off-stage trumpet)) conducted by Brett Dean

Gerard McBurney
‘Eyebright and Tormentil’ (5’10”)
World Premiere
BCMG (including Robert Heard (violin) and Christopher Bradley (cimbalom)) conducted by Brett Dean

Gerard McBurney
‘A Folder of Leaves’ (14’12”)
World Premiere of BBC Commission
BCMG conducted by Brett Dean

Brett Dean
‘Intimate Decisions’ (10’44”)
Brett Dean (viola)
György Kurtág
‘Scenes from a Novel’ (Op.19) (23’22”)
BCMG conducted by Brett Dean with Nicole Tibbells (soprano)

Peter Eötvös
‘Psy’ (1996) (8’04”)
Ensemble UMZE conducted by Zsolt Nagy

Peter Eötvös
‘Snatches of a Conversation’ (2001) (10’55”)
Ensemble UMZE conducted by Zsolt Nagy
Recorded at the 2003 Huddersfield Festival
BCMG: http://www.bcmg.org.uk

This edition of Hear and Now was preceded at 10.30pm in Pre-Hear with music by the Cheltenham Festival’s Artistic Director Michael Berkeley:

Michael Berkeley
‘Coronach’ (8’37”)
English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton
CD: Nimbus NI 5334, track 6

Michael Berkeley
‘Clarinet Concerto’ (19’40”)
Northern Sinfonia conducted by Siân Edwards with Emma Johnson (clarinet)
CD: ASV CDDCB 1101, track 1


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