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成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall New Music Ensemble

成人快手 SO in Ayres's No 48 (night studio) and Debussy's The Martyrdom of St Sebastian. Guildhall New Music Ensemble in Dean's Polysomnography and Knussen's Songs Without Voices.

The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy and Richard Ayres' witty portrait of an insomniac composer in the early hours! Plus the Guildhall New Music Ensemble plays music by Brett Dean and Knussen.

Richard Ayres: No. 48 (night studio) - world premiere of 成人快手 commission
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Brett Dean: Polysomnography
Guildhall New Music Ensemble

Oliver Knussen: Songs Without Voices, Op.26
Guildhall New Music Ensemble
Richard Baker (conductor)

Debussy: The Martyrdom of St Sebastian - symphonic fragments
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Oliver Knussen, the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra's former Artist in Association, conducts Debussy's ravishing score - and has his own exquisite octet performed by Guildhall students. Brett Dean is the 成人快手 SO's current Artist in Association. British composer Richard Ayres uses pre-recorded voices and sounds with orchestra to take the listener into the mind of a composer.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 8 Nov 2015 23:05

Music Played

  • Richard Ayres

    No. 48 (Night Studio)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
  • Brett Dean

    Polysomnography

    Ensemble: Guildhall New Music Ensemble.
  • Oliver Knussen

    Songs Without Voices

    Ensemble: Guildhall New Music Ensemble. Conductor: Richard Baker.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Matyrdom of St Sebastian- Symphonic Frangments

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Nov 2015 23:05