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New Music by Young Composers

Ivan Hewett presents new music for orchestra by young composers. Plus the Hear and Now Fifty: a profile of George Benjamin's chamber orchestral score At First Light.

Ivan Hewett presents new music for orchestra by young composers, including works developed through "Embedded" residencies with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra:
Yuko Ohara: Kaleidoscope
Laura Bowler: Irresistible Demands Of The Flesh
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Garry Walker

and from an LPO Debut Sounds concert:
Emily Wright: Incantation
Erik Flores: Foliage
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Clement Power

Plus in this week's Hear And Now Fifty, Gillian Moore advocates George Benjamin's At First Light, a chamber orchestral score of "extraordinary detail and skill"; while Paul Griffiths describes the significance of the work as a benchmark for British composing.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 May 2012 22:30

Music Played

  • Yuko Ohara

    Kaleidoscope (World Premiere)

    Performers: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

  • Laura Bowler

    Irresistable Demands of the Flesh (World Premiere)

    Performers: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

  • Emily Wright

    Incantation

    Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Lutoslawski

    Jeux Venetiens

    Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Erick Flores

    Foliage

    Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Sir George Benjamin

    At First Light

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 May 2012 22:30

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