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30/07/2022

Tom Service presents the latest in new music performance, with a focus on Alexander Goehr, including an in-depth interview and the world premiere of his work The Master Said.

Tom Service presents the latest in new music performance, with a focus on Alexander Goehr. Goehr has been a leading figure in new music over a career of some 70 years, and this programme will include Robert Worby's in-depth interview with him as well as world premiere performances of recent works - The Queen of Sheba, a setting of texts by James Joyce and The Master Said, a half hour meditation on the transmission of ideas, music, and culture performed by the 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wale and conductor Catherine Larsen-Maguire. In the first half of the programme music from the recent Music and Maths Festival in Birmingham, including new works by Sergio Luque and Emily Howard.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Jul 2022 22:00

Music Played

  • Alexander Goehr

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Alasdair Beatson. Singer: H茅lo茂se Werner.
  • Sergio Luque

    It Is Happening Again

    Performer: Sergio Luque.
  • Emily Howard

    Compass

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.
  • Madeleine Cocolas

    And then I watch it fall apart

    • Spectral.
    • Room40.
  • Julian Anderson

    Another Prayer

    Performer: Benjamin Nabarro.
  • Alexander Goehr

    The Master Said Op.99

    Performer: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Narrator: Mark Lewis Jones. Conductor: Catherine Larsen-Maguire.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Jul 2022 22:00

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