Robert Worby introduces a concert of improvisations and orchestral works with an improvisatory feel recorded by members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and AMM, in Glasgow City Halls. Plus, as a preface to Radio 3's focus on the work of Rabindranath Tagore, a conversation with Param Vir about setting Tagore's poetry.
Playlist
Presenter: Robert Worby
Producer: Benedict Warren
Broadcast Assistant: Benedict Warren
Edgar VARESE Intégrales (11'03")
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Improvisation - John Butcher (saxophone) (10'42")
Anton WEBERN - Five Pieces (Op 10) (05'10")
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Improvisation Set 1 (14'11")
AMM: John Tilbury (Piano)
Eddie Prevost (Percussion)
Giacinto SCELSI Anahit (13'00")
Elizabeth Layton (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
James TENNEY Form II (16'40")
In Memoriam John Cage
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Improvisation Set 2 (Excerpt played) (10'20")
Eddie Prevost (percussion), John Tilbury (piano), John Butcher (saxophone), Ewan Robertson (flute), Tony Alcock (double bass), Mark O'Keefe (trumpet), Barry Deacon (clarinet), Simon Johnson (trombone), Heather Corbett (percussion)
Param VIR Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (21'15")
London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards (director)
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