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Heiner Goebbels

Saturday 10 November 2007 22:30-0:00 (Radio 3)

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the premiere of a new work by German composer Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen, a setting of texts by Gertrude Stein reflecting on the everyday experiences of life during wartime. The concert also includes Heinrich Biber's vivid Battalia, and another war-related piece by Goebbels, based on Leonardo da Vinci's notes on how to paint a battle scene.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Playlist

Presenter: Sara Mohr Pietsch
Producer: Felix Carey


Heinrich BIBER Battalia a 10 in D (1673) (09'00")
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Heiner GOEBBELS Schlachtenbeschreibung (UK premiere) (09'10")
Roderick Williams (baritone), London Sinfonietta, Sian Edwards (conductor)

Heiner GOEBBELS Songs of Wars I have seen (World premiere) (57'56")
Text by Gertrude Stein. [Includes extracts from Matthew Locke The Tempest (1674)] Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/London Sinfonietta, Paul Archibald (trumpet),
Sian Edwards (conductor)

(recorded 12^th July 2007 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)


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Episode and Playlist Information

• 24 Nov 07 Feldman's Piano
• 17 Nov 07 Gemini's festival
• 10 Nov 07 Heiner Goebbels
• 3 Nov 07 Uroboros Ensemble
• 27 Oct 07 Julian Anderson
• 20 Oct 07 Julian Anderson
• 13 Oct 07 Bent Sorensen