Lee Reynolds conducts Adams, Barber, Higgins & Gershwin
14:30
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Maida Vale Studios
Conductor Lee Reynolds returns to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra in a programme of 20th century snapshots. With each piece, an image of a changing world, we bring an eclectic mix of styles to the studio, including jazz, late Romanticism, and minimalism. Also joining us, soprano Sophia Burgos, who takes on Samuel Barber’s hauntingly nostalgic 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915'. We also hear the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ 'Cortège for a Coal Mine', a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 commission written to commemorate the closure of Britain’s last deep coal mine.