Hear And Now

SPNM/BBC Philharmonic

Saturday 9 April 2005 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Sarah Walker presents two concerts given by the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester last December. In the first, James Macmillan conducts music selected by the Society for the Promotion of New Music and Peter Maxwell Davies conducts a selection of his own pieces, all inspired by his childhood memories of the Salford area of Manchester, including Spinning Jenny, a vast, industrial scherzo.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist

Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Philip Tagney
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns

BBC Philharmonic

Richard Norris
'Further Musings' (12'41")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan

Richard Fitzhugh
'These are the little things ...' (6'15")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan

Iain Matheson
'Every Moment Alters' (15'42")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan

Eneko Vadillo
'Mutara' (11'52")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan

Peter Maxwell Davies
'Spinning Jenny' (18'39")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies
'Throstle's Nest Junction' (15'59")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies
'Swinton Jig' (12'43")
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies


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