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Ed McKeon introduces a concert programme of works by four composers hailing from Europe, the UK and America, played by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Jac van Steen conducts David Sawer's Byrnan Wood - now a modern classic which marked the composer's rise to major public recognition when it was premiered at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms in 1992. Arlene Sierra - an American-born composer now resident in the UK - is represented by her more recent work, Aquilo, which won Sierra the Takemitsu Prize in 2001. Huw Watkins, a pianist/composer still in his early thirties performs his own Piano Concerto, which was commissioned by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ for this orchestra in 2002. And German composer Christian Jost, whose music the ´óÏó´«Ã½NOW has warmly espoused recently, is represented by his 2003 composition CocoonSymphonie: Five Gateways of a Journey into the Interior.
(photo of Ed McKeon by Katya Evdokimova)

David Sawer: Byrnan Wood (20:46)
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Jac Van Steen (conductor)

Arlene Sierra: Aquilo (10:30)
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Jac Van Steen (conductor)

Huw Watkins: Piano Concerto (21:47)
Huw Watkins (piano)
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Jac Van Steen (conductor)

Christian Jost: Cocoonsymphonie (23:56)
´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
Jac Van Steen (conductor)