PSM 03 - Finnissy, Ferneyhough, Birtwistle, Elias
The Britten Sinfonia is joined by mezzo Susan Bickley, pianist Nicolas Hodges and cor anglais player Nicholas Daniels in music by Finnissy, Ferneyhough, Birtwistle and Elias.
Live from Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Christopher Cook
The Britten Sinfonia is joined by Susan Bickley, Nicolas Hodges Nicholas Daniels for a programme of contemporary British music by Finnissy, Ferneyhough, Birtwistle and Elias.
Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto No. 2 begins in the lower depths and explodes into transcendentally demanding piano writing before the other players enter. Harrison Birtwistle's Gigue Machine for solo piano, which Nicolas Hodges unveiled in Stuttgart earlier this year, also receives its first UK outing and Brian Elias's meticulously crafted Sophoclean scena, set in the original ancient Greek, gets its world premiere. Its cor anglais soloist, closely identified with the Britten Sinfonia as oboist and conductor, is a recent recipient of The Queen's Medal for Music.
Michael Finnissy: Piano Concerto No. 2 (UK premiere)
Brian Ferneyhough: Prometheus
Harrison Birtwistle: Gigue Machine (UK premiere)
Brian Elias: Electra Mourns (World premiere)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Nicholas Daniels (cor anglais)
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
Britten Sinfonia
Clark Rundell (conductor).
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