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Mari Samuelsen performs Glass

Anna-Maria Helsing conducts the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra in contemporary music from Britain and America, including the world premiere of Making Space by Liam Taylor-West.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

Anna-Maria Helsing conducts the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in contemporary music from Britain and America, including the world premiere of Making Space by Liam Taylor-West. Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen joins them as soloist in Philip Glass's Violin Concerto No 1, a modern classic from 1987 written with the composer's late father in mind; and the orchestra shows its virtuosity in their own Concerto for Orchestra by Jennifer Higdon.

Liam Taylor-West Making Space (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ commission – world premiere)
Electra Perivolaris A Forest Reawakens (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ commission – first public performance)
Philip Glass Violin Concerto No 1

INTERVAL

Jennifer Higdon Concerto for Orchestra

Mari Samuelsen (violin)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra
Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 May 2022 19:30

Music Played

  • Liam Taylor-West

    Making Space

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Electra Perivolaris

    A Forest Reawakens

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto No 1

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Mapping

    Performer: Ruth Wall. Performer: Graham Fitkin.
    • FitkinWall.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Carousel

    Performer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: Ruth Wall.
    • FitkinWall.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Pollock

    Ensemble: Pangaea Chamber Players.
    • Navona.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances, Op.22

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • C. Schumann; Smyth; Beach.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5-7.
  • Florence Price

    Sonata in E Minor

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 16-18.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 May 2022 19:30