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Georg Friedrich Haas's Concerto Grosso for 4 alphorns and orchestra

Tom Service introduces some of the latest sounds, including a string quartet by maverick Gerald Barry and Georg Friedrich Haas's Concerto Grosso No 1 for 4 alphorns and orchestra.

Tom Service introduces some of the latest sounds from the world of new music including recordings from the Illuminate Women's Music series, a report on a 200-day-long performance at the Venice Biennale and a recent day of concerts at Wigmore Hall featuring the chamber music of Gerald Barry. There's Ukrainian, Anna Korsun's Plexus played to great acclaim recently by Riot Ensemble at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and a modern classic in the form of Georg Friedrich Haas's Concerto grosso No. 1 for 4 Alphorns and Orchestra in a performance from the year's Salzburg Festival.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Dec 2022 22:00

Music Played

  • Lara Poe

    'Mainspring' for alto saxophone and piano

    Performer: Kumi Matsuo.
  • Bethan Morgan-Williams

    Devil's Elbow

    Ensemble: UPROAR Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Rafferty.
  • Mads Emil Nielsen

    Branches / Vibrations

    Performer: Mads Emil Nielsen.
    • Black Box 3.
    • arbitrary.
    • 5-6.
  • Gerald Barry

    String Quartet no. 3

    Ensemble: Bozzini Quartet.
  • Anna Korsun

    Plexus

    Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum.
  • Marco Fusinato

    Desastres

    Performer: Marco Fusinato.
  • Georg Friedrich Haas

    Concerto grosso No. 1 for 4 Alphorns and Orchestra

    Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Quam Mirabilis

    Performer: Lynn Cassiers. Performer: Jozef Dumoulin. Music Arranger: Lilly Joel.
    • Sibyl Of The Rhine.
    • Sub Rosa.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Dec 2022 22:00

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