大象传媒

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore

Another chance to hear French conductor Franck Ollu's Proms debut, directing the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in the first of two concerts celebrating composer Pierre Boulez's 90th-birthday year. Boulez's own Notations - written while he was still a student - sits alongside his D茅rive 2, both works embedded in the 'family tree' of a composer whose works interconnect in ever-evolving ways.
The concert also features Wanderlied for cello and ensemble by Boulez's French-American contemporary Betsy Jolas, as well as music by two young composers new to the Proms: Shiori Usui and Joanna Lee, who writes for contralto Hilary Summers.

Recorded at Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service

Pierre Boulez: Notations 2, 11 & 10; La treizi猫me (arr. J Sch枚llhorn) UK premiere
Shiori Usui: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l. (大象传媒 commission - world premiere)
Betsy Jolas: Wanderlied (UK premiere)
Joanna Lee: Hammer of Solitude (大象传媒 commission - world premiere)
Pierre Boulez: D茅rive 2

Ulrich Heinen (cello)
Hilary Summers (contralto)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Franck Ollu (conductor)

[First broadcast live on Saturday 21st July 2015].