Journeying and memory
Saturday 10 June 2006 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Sarah Walker introduces a programme of works exploring the ideas of journeying and memory.
Playlist
Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Peter Thresh
Broadcast Assistant: Ben Warren
"Pilgrim, there is no pathway, there is only travelling itself."
(Luigi Nono)
Luigi NONO La lontananza nostalgica utopica future - madrigal for several travellers for solo violin, eight magnetic tapes and eight to ten music stands (1988-9) (49'.16"): Iona Petou-Colan (violin)
Malcolm HAYES Odysseus remembers (2005) (BBC Commission) (32'.14")
Circe – Claire Booth (soprano)
Anticlia – Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Teiresias – Andrew Watts (counter-tenor)
Odysseus – Roderick Williams (narrator)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
Luigi NONO No hay caminos, hay que caminar ... Andrej Tarkowskij for seven instrumental groups (25'.45")
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (conductor)
ASTREE E8741 (CD)
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