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Gavin Bryars at 80

Tom Service with the very latest in new music performance including new recordings of pieces by Emily Howard and Gavin Bryars.

Tom Service with the very latest in contemporary music performance including new recordings of pieces by Emily Howard, DEVIANCE, and Gavin Bryars, A Man in a Room Gambling. There is music from recent festivals including this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, featuring Aida Shirazi's My Words are Shadows, as well as Donaueschingen Music Days 2023, and Francesca Verunelli's Tune and Retune II. There are new releases from Missy Mazzoli, Chris Fisher-Lochhead, Garrett Sholdice, Ed Bennett and Terry Riley. And, Robert Worby talks to composer, Gavin Bryars as he celebrates his 80th birthday year.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Dec 2023 22:00

Music Played

  • Aida Shirazi

    My Words are Swallows

    Performer: Elif Canfez芒 G眉nd眉z. Singer: Katharine Dain. Ensemble: Nemeth Quartet.
  • Emily Howard

    DEVIANCE

    Performer: Zubin Kanga.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Overture

    Performer: Ida Toninato. Performer: Jennifer Thiessen. Performer: Jean-Christophe Lizotte. Performer: Njo Kong Kie.
    • Bryars: Dido and Orfeo (after Purcell and Gluck).
    • GB Records.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Doctor Ox's Experiment: Epilogue

    Singer: Sarah Leonard. Ensemble: Gavin Bryars Ensemble.
    • Gavin Bryars.
  • Gavin Bryars

    The Green Ray

    Performer: John Harle. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Argo Records.
  • Gavin Bryars

    The Adnan Songbook, Song II

    Singer: Valdine Anderson. Ensemble: Gavin Bryars Ensemble.
    • Philips.
  • Gavin Bryars

    1, 2, 1-2-3-4

    Ensemble: Phaedra Ensemble.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Medea

    Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Gavin Bryars

    By the Vaar (Bar 96)

    Performer: Charlie Haden. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Philips.
  • Gavin Bryars

    A Man In A Room Gambling

    Ensemble: Phaedra Ensemble.
  • Francesca Verunelli

    Tune and Retune II

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher.
  • Chris Fisher-Lochhead

    After Bessie

    Ensemble: JACK Quartet.
    • Wake Up the Dead.
    • New Focus Recordings.
    • 6.
  • Garrett Sholdice

    Und weinen, und l盲cheln

    Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Blue Light.
    • Ergodos.
    • 1.
  • Ed Bennett

    Strange Waves

    Performer: Kate Ellis.
    • Strange Waves.
    • Ergodos.
  • Terry Riley

    Terry Riley - In C

    Performer: Zo毛 Conway. Performer: D贸nal Lunny. Performer: Paddy Glackin. Performer: Mairtin O'Connor. Performer: Mick O'Brien. Performer: Louise Mulcahy. Performer: Michelle Mulcahy.
    • Terry Riley IN C Irish.
    • Louth Contemporary Music Society.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Dec 2023 22:00

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