In the second programme taking in the music of various Summer festivals, Ivan Hewett visits both the Cheltenham and Aldeburgh Festivals and introduces a concert from each. The Composers' Ensemble's concert at the Aldeburgh Festival features music by two elder statesmen of British music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir Harrison Birtwistle, the latter celebrating his 70th birthday this week.
Duration:
2 hours
Playlist
Summer Festivals 2 of 5
Harrison Birtwistle ‘Refrains and Choruses’ (7’49”) Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Dominic Muldowney
Harrison Birtwistle ‘Tombeau in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky’ (1’46”) Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Dominic Muldowney
Peter Maxwell Davies ‘Seven In Nomine’ (16’42”) Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Dominic Muldowney
Peter Maxwell Davies ‘Ricercar and Doubles’ (8’20”) Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Dominic Muldowney
Peter Maxwell Davies Canon ‘In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky’ (1’40”) Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Dominic Muldowney
Harrison Birtwistle ‘Tragoedia’ (15’45”) Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Dominic Muldowney
Phillip Neil Martin ‘An Outburst of Time’ (13’07”) World Premiere Duke Quartet
Alwynne Pritchard ‘Nocturnal’ (9’47”) Duke Quartet
Andrew Toovey ‘Going Home’ (20’14”) Duke Quartet
This edition of Hear and Now was preceded at 10.35pm by a performance of music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle recorded at the 2002 Huddersfield Festival.
Harrison Birtwistle ‘The Axe Manual’ (22’45”) Claire Edwardes (percussion) and Nicolas Hodges (piano)
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