Hear And NowVale of Glamorgan Festival
Saturday 25 September 2004 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Sarah Walker presents a concert from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Grant Llewellyn.
Andrew Zolinsky is the soloist in the first performance of a Radio 3 commission, David Lang's fur for piano and orchestra, and David Cowley is the soloist in Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto. Michael Daugherty's Sunset Strip and Michael Torke's Ecstatic Orange ballet complete this all-American sequence.
Also tonight, music for solo percussion performed by Colin Currie from the Spitalfields Festival in London. Duration:2 hours |
 Playlist BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Michael Daugherty
'Sunset Strip' (18'39")
Three movements:
7pm
Nocturne
7am
BBC NOW conducted by Grant Llewellyn
Elliott Carter
'Oboe Concerto' (23'00")
BBC NOW conducted by Grant Llewellyn with David Cowley (oboe)
David Lang
'fur' (21'39")
BBC NOW conducted by Grant Llewellyn with Andrew Zolinsky (piano)
World Premiere of BBC Commission
Michael Torke
'Ecstatic Orange Ballet' (30'26")
Three movements:
Green
Purple
Ecstatic Orange
BBC NOW conducted by Grant Llewellyn
Plus, from this year's Spitalfields Festival,
David Lang
'The Anvil Chorus' (7'10")
Colin Currie (percussion)
Hear and Now would like to apologise to listeners hoping to hear the rest of Colin Currie's concert, as advertised in the Radio Times and elsewhere. Due to the BBC NOW's concert running for longer than expected, it wasn't possible to include Colin Currie's performance. It will be broadcast at a later date.
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BBC NOW
Michael Daugherty
Elliott Carter
David Lang
Michael Torke
Colin Currie
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