Beowulf and Job
The 成人快手 SO and Chorus conducted by Martyn Brabbins premiere Iain Bell's Beowulf with narrator Ruth Wilson and tenor Charles Styles, plus Vaughan Williams's take on stoical Job.
The 成人快手 SO and Chorus conducted by Martyn Brabbins premiere Iain Bell's Beowulf with narrator Ruth Wilson and tenor Charles Styles, plus Vaughan Williams's take on stoical Job.
鈥淣ow with Grendel, that monstrous beast / With my grip I shall grapple, foe against foe!鈥 In the mists of the dark ages, the warrior Beowulf prepares to battle a bloodthirsty monster. And in a tale from the Old Testament, Job faces the torments of hell, armed only with an unshakable faith. Humanity can defy all odds, and these two ancient tales have inspired music of elemental power.
Indeed, Vaughan Williams鈥檚 ballet Job is one of the most original masterpieces of 20th century British music 鈥 bold, strange and charged with the elemental power of the William Blake drawings that inspired it. But first, experience the epic drama of Beowulf, in a thrilling new choral retelling from one of the 21st century鈥檚 most compelling musical dramatists, narrated by award-winning actor Ruth Wilson and with soloist Charles Styles.
Recorded at the Barbican London on 17 March
Presented by Martin Handley
Iain Bell: Beowulf (World Premiere & 成人快手 Commission)
20:10 Interval Music off CD
Doreen Carwithen String Quartet No.1, 1st Movt.
Sorrel Quartet
Plus music chosen by Iain Bell:
Kaija Saariaho: Prelude for Piano
Ieva Jokubaviciute (piano)
20:30
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Job: A Masque for Dancing
Ruth Wilson (narrator)
Charles Styles (tenor)
成人快手 Symphony Chorus
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
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Iain Bell
Beowulf
Singer: Charles Styles. Narrator: Ruth Wilson. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Doreen Carwithen
String Quartet No.1 - First Movt: Allegro moderato
Ensemble: Sorrel Quartet.- CHANDOS.
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Kaija Saariaho
Prelude for Piano
Performer: Ieva Jokubaviciut臈.- Dorian Sono Luminus.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Job, A Masque for Dancing
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Francis Poulenc
Violin Sonata, FP 119
Performer: Benjamin Baker. Performer: Daniel Lebhardt.- Delphian.
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Francis Poulenc
Toccata (Aubade)
Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Poulenc : Concertos for Piano, etc.
- CHANDOS.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Tue 18 Apr 2023 19:30成人快手 Radio 3