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成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and 成人快手 Singers

A mathematical form, an expansive symphony, a masterful arrangement and a musical memorial launch a week of concerts by the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and 成人快手 Singers. With Penny Gore

Emily Howard's music embraces a diverse range of influences from science, maths, philosophy and poetry, and she's used concepts from the world of mathematics in the shape and structure of her piece "Torus". A torus is a whole with a hole: it is often described as doughnut-shaped, a squashed and stretched ball held together with a central void. In it, the music is as much about absence as presence. It was commissioned for the 2016 成人快手 Proms seasons and this performance was recorded at London's Barbican Hall by the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martyn Brabbins. Radio 3 New Generation Artist Elena Urisote then joins the orchestra for Vaughan Williams' concerto in all but name, The Lark Ascending, and we'll hear the first of 3 Vaughan Williams symphonies conducted by Brabbins this week - we'll hear the 5th today, the 4th tomorrow and the 3rd on Thursday. Later in the afternoon, highlights from a concert the 成人快手 Singers gave in the fine acoustics of St Giles Cripplegate including Mahler's own arrangement of the Adagietto from his 5th Symphony, and we round off with Ravel's musical memorial to his compatriot Fran莽ois Couperin.
Presented by Penny Gore.

2pm
Emily Howard: Torus
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Elena Urisote (violin)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

c.3.15pm
Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkspruche Op.109
Mahler arr. Clytus Gottwald: Im Abendrot (Adagietto from Symphony No. 5)
成人快手 Singers
Anna Tilbrook (piano)
James O鈥橠onnell (conductor)

c.4pm
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Emily Howard

    Torus

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no. 5 in D major

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Gustav Mahler

    搁眉肠办别谤迟-尝颈别诲别谤

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell. Choir: 成人快手 Singers.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Fest- Und Gedenkspr眉che

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell. Choir: 成人快手 Singers.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Im Abendrot (Adagietto aus der 5. Sinfonie)

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell. Choir: 成人快手 Singers.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Nov 2019 14:00