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Nash Ensemble

Ivan Hewett presents the Nash Ensemble, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, premiering music by Michael Berkeley, Huw Watkins, Julian Anderson and Mark Anthony Turnage.

Ivan Hewett presents a concert given at the Wigmore Hall, London, by the Nash Ensemble, a group considered to have been one of the UK's foremost commissioners of new music in the past 40 years, and who have premiered over 150 new works.

Mark Padmore (tenor)
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Julian Anderson: Poetry Nearing Silence
Michael Berkeley: Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Julian Anderson: Prayer (world premiere)
Huw Watkins: Trio (world premiere)
Turnage: A Constant Obsession (world premiere).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Mar 2009 22:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Mar 2009 22:30

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