大象传媒

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore.

Another chance to hear Michael Cox, Mark van de Wiel, the London Sinfonietta and Thierry Fischer in their Proms Saturday Matinee. Celebrations for Pierre Boulez's 90th-birthday year reach a climax in this performance, in which contemporary music specialists the London Sinfonietta pair Boulez's own music with that of young British composers Helen Grime and Christian Mason.

Presented by Tom Service from Cadogan Hall, London.

2pm:
Pierre Boulez: M茅moriale ('... explosante-fixe ...' Originel)

2:10pm:
Helen Grime: A Cold Spring

2:20pm:
Pierre Boulez: Domaines

2:35pm:
Christian Mason: Open to Infinity: a Grain of Sand (大象传媒 co-commission: UK premiere)

2:45pm:
Pierre Boulez: 脡clat/Multiples

Michael Cox (flute)
Mark van de Wiel (clarinet)
London Sinfonietta
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Pierre Boulez's M茅moriale puts the flute in the spotlight, showcasing minutiae of texture and articulation, while in Domaines it's a solo clarinet that gives out a sustained soliloquy. The two contrasting parts of 脡clat/Multiples (1970) are theoretically part of a larger work, as yet unfinished by the composer. They make for a striking contrast: the brilliant, glittering colours of 脡clat set against the nervy perpetual motion of Multiples.

[First broadcast Saturday 29th August].