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Kate Molleson uncovers the many-faceted musical voice of one of the UK's most distinguished composers. Equally at home in chamber music, choral music and when writing for the world's great symphony orchestras, tonight's programme promises to offer glimpses into the musical mind of this most versatile of composers. With performances recorded earlier today at the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Total Immersion day at London's Barbican Centre from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, distinguished students at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as well as the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Kate is joined in the studio by Christopher Dingle.

Julian Anderson: Eden (2007)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

Julian Anderson: Imagin'd Corners (2002)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

Julian Anderson: Four American Choruses No. 2. Beautiful Valley of Eden (2003)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, Nicholas Kok (conductor

Julian Anderson: Alhambra Fantasy (2000)
Students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Richard Baker (conductor)

Julian Anderson: Ring Dance (1987)
Students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Julian Anderson: O Sing unto the Lord (1999)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, Nicholas Kok (conductor)

Julian Anderson: In lieblicher Bläue (2014)
Carolin Widmann (violin)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

Julian Anderson: Fantasias (2009)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

Eden celebrates the sculptor Constantin Brancusi while Imagin'd Corners revolves around Anderson's attraction to the French horn. Carolin Widmann joins the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO for In lieblicher Bläue, a work that uses space in a way that only a live performance can reveal. Fantasias is, in Anderson's words, 'for all its wild contrasts, a celebration of the modern symphony orchestra'.