Goehr, Maxwell Davies, Vivier
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces works by Goehr and Maxwell Davies performed by the Nash Ensemble, and in the Hear and Now 50 Barbara Hannigan champions Claude Vivier's Lonely Child.
Tom Service introduces Alexander Goehr's Clarinet Quintet and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's The Last Island performed by the Nash Ensemble, and in this week's instalment of the Hear and Now 50, soprano Barbara Hannigan celebrates Claude Vivier's profoundly moving work for soprano and orchestra, Lonely Child. Vivier conceived the piece as one single melody, with the entire orchestra "transformed into a timbre", to create "great beams of colour". Writer Paul Griffiths puts the piece in context, noting the influence of Stockhausen but stressing the unique soundworld of Vivier.
FULL PROGRAMME
Alexander Goehr: Clarinet Quintet
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: The Last Island
Nash Ensemble
Lionel Friend (conductor)
The Hear and Now 50
Claude Vivier: Lonely Child
Marie-Danielle Parent (soprano)
Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Serge Garant (conductor).
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Alexander Goehr
Clarinet Quintet 17.14
Performer: Claire Booth - Soprano; Ensemble: Nash Ensemble; Conductor: Lionel Friend
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Peter Maxwell Davies
The Last Island, for string sextet 17.15
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble; Conductor: Lionel Friend
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Claude Vivier
Lonely Child
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- Sat 23 Jun 2012 22:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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