Shepherd, Copland
Oliver Knussen conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra in Sean Shepherd's Wanderlust and Aaron Copland's Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (Claire Booth - soprano; Susan Bickley - mezzo).
LIVE - from The Barbican Hall in London. Presented by Catherine Bott.
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Oliver Knussen, with a programme very much inspired by Emily Dickinson's poetry, rendered by soprano Claire Booth and mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley: Copland's setting of her verses in Eight Poems, and Julian Anderson's Heaven is Shy of Earth, a world premiere of the revised work, critically acclaimed when it was premiered in 2006. Opening the concert though is Sean Shepherd's Wanderlust, an exhuberant tour de force for orchestra.
SEAN SHEPHERD: Wanderlust (European premiere)
AARON COPLAND: Eight poems of Emily Dickinson
Claire Booth soprano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen conductor.
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- Fri 26 Nov 2010 19:00大象传媒 Radio 3