under_current
Music recorded in live in concert in Glasgow and Manchester, including Stefan Prins's under_current and Alissa Firsova's song-symphony Spell of Creation with contralto Jess Dandy.
Music recorded live in concert in Glasgow and Manchester, including Stefan Prins's under_current for electric guitar and orchestra which, begun in the first wave of the Pandemic, he calls his 'corona baby', a 'refuge, a house from which I could react on what’s happening beyond its walls, in which I could live and breathe freely, without masks or distancing.' Setting Dylan Thomas, William Blake, Tennyson and Kathleen Raine, Alissa Firsova's 'Spell of Creation' advocates human harmony with the earth. And two young Colombian composers, Natalia Valencia and Santiago Lozano, react to grisly historical and contemporary events.
Tom Service presents.
Garth Knox: Cinq Petites Entropies: 2. Parade & 3. Pluie
Garth Knox (viola d’amore)
Alissa Firsova: Spell of Creation
Jess Dandy (contralto)
BBC Philharmonic/Vimbayi Kaziboni
Santiago Lozano: La pieza faltante (The missing piece)
Ligeti Quartet
Stefan Prins: under_current
Yaron Deutsch (electric guitar)
BBC Scottish Symphpny Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Natalia Valencia: Canción de cuna para los niños muertos (Lullaby for Dead Children)
Ligeti Quartet
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Garth Knox
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Alissa Firsova
Spell of Creation
Singer: Jess Dandy. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vimbayi Kaziboni. -
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Santiago Lozano
La pieza faltante (The missing piece)
Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet. Ensemble: Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre. -
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Stefan Prins
under¬_current
Performer: Yaron Deutsch. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Natalia Valencia
Canción de cuna para los niños muertos (Lullaby for Dead Children)
Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet. Ensemble: Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre. -
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Harrison Birtwistle
Panic (ending)
Performer: John Harle. Performer: Paul Clarvis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Decca.
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- Sat 4 May 2024 22:30BBC Radio 3
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