Mark-Anthony Turnage's Up for Grabs
Ryan Bancroft conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, live at the Barbican, in Shostakovich, Stravinsky's Firebird and a world premiere celebrating a famous Arsenal football victory.
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ryan Bancroft in music by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and a world premiere celebrating a famous Arsenal football victory.
On the last day of the 1989 football season, Arsenal and Liverpool, the two teams vying to win the league, played each other. Going into the game the margins couldn鈥檛 have been tighter 鈥� Arsenal needed to win by two goals to clinch the title. In the final seconds of the match, they did. 鈥業t鈥檚 up for grabs now!鈥� proclaimed the dumbfounded commentator Brian Moore as Michael Thomas charged through the midfield at Anfield to seal the most dramatic league win of all time.
Leading composer and life-long Arsenal fan Mark-Anthony Turnage supplies the musical alternative to Brian Moore鈥檚 iconic commentary, capturing the intense rollercoaster of highs, lows, desperation and elation every sports fan lives and breathes.
Peter Erskine (Weather Report), John Parricelli (Loose Tubes) and Laurence Cottle form a star-studded rhythm section to join the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra in Turnage鈥檚 composition, which combine his personal experiences and memories as an ardent supporter, with musical nods to the likes of goal-scoring hero Michael Thomas and the late David 鈥楻ocky鈥� Rocastle, who started in this iconic match, and to whom the piece is dedicated.
Live from the Barbican, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird 鈥� suite (revised version, 1919)
20.05 Interval:
Erik Satie: Sports et divertissements
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
20.25
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Up For Grabs (world premiere)
Peter Erskine (drums)
John Parricelli (guitar)
Laurence Cottle (bass guitar)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)
After the concert new music from the International Rostrum of Composers 2019
Dinis Kurbanov (Russia): Khomonia
Members of Choir Capella 鈥淵aroslavia鈥� Dinis Kurbanov (conductor)
Anna 亩irse (Latvia): Radices
Latvian Radio choir, Kaspars Putni艈拧 (conductor), Anna 亩irse (electronics).
Larisa Vrhunc (Slovenia): 鈥� glass sky, silk 鈥�
Nina Pre拧i膷ek (piano) Larisa Vrhunc (electronics)
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Music Played
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Firebird Suite (1919)
Conductor: Ryan Bancroft. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. -
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Erik Satie
Sports et divertissements (1914)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Decca.
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Up for Grabs (World Premiere)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft. -
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Dinis Kurbanov
Khomonia
Ensemble: Capella Yaroslavia. Conductor: Dinis Kurbanov. -
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Claude Debussy
Jeux, Po猫me Dans茅
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. -
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Anna 亩irse
Radices
Performer: Anna 亩irse. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Kaspars Putni艈拧. -
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Larisa Vrhunc
... glass sky, silk ...
Performer: Nina Pre拧i膷ek. Director: Larisa Vrhunc. -
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest, HWV 258
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Choir: Royal Choral Society.- The Last Night of the Proms Collection: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, Wordsworth.
- Philips.
- 8.
Broadcast
- Fri 5 Nov 2021 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
Programme notes
Read and download the digital programme for the concert.