5 November 2005
Saturday 5 November 2005 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Sarah Walker introduces Ensemble 10/10, the new music ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell.
The concert features soloists Nicholas Cox (clarinet) and John Helliwell (soprano saxophone) in Giya Kancheli's poetic Afternoon and Night Prayers, the final two movements of his large-scale work Life without Christmas.
Plus two works by Liverpool-born Kenneth Hesketh (Fra Duri Scogli and Dei Destini Incrociati) and the staged performance of a work commissioned from Mark Simpson, a 17-year-old Liverpudlian and student of the RNCM Junior School.
Playlist
Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Andrew Kurowski
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns
Ensemble 10/10
Kenneth Hesketh
'Fra Duri Scogli' (4'13")
Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell
Mark Simpson
'It was as if the earth stood still' (11'05")
Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell
Giya Kancheli
'Afternoon Prayers' (24'14")
Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell with James Muscart (treble) and Nicholas Cox (clarinet)
Kenneth Hesketh
'Dei Destini Incrociati' (12'14")
Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell
Giya Kancheli
'Night Prayers' (25'04")
Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell with James Muscart (treble) and John Helliwell (soprano saxophone)
James MacMillan
'The Exorcism of Rio Sumpul' (22'36")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan
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