Podcast appearances and mentions of Harrison Birtwistle

Episode 171 Chapter 30, EMS Analog Synthesizers. Works Recommended from my book, Electronic and Experimental Music  Welcome to the Archive of Electronic Music. This is Thom Holmes. This podcast is produced as a companion to my book, Electronic and Experimental Music, published by Routledge. Each of these episodes corresponds to a chapter in the text and an associated list of recommended works, also called Listen in the text. They provide listening examples of vintage electronic works featured in the text. The works themselves can be enjoyed without the book and I hope that they stand as a chronological survey of important works in the history of electronic music. Be sure to tune-in to other episodes of the podcast where we explore a wide range of electronic music in many styles and genres, all drawn from my archive of vintage recordings. There is a complete playlist for this episode on the website for the podcast. Let's get started with the listening guide to Chapter 30, EMS Analog Synthesizers from my book Electronic and Experimental music.   Playlist: MUSIC MADE WITH EMS ANALOG SYNTHESIZERS   Time Track Time Start Introduction –Thom Holmes 01:34 00:00 1.     Delia Derbyshire, “Dance From ‘Noah' " (1970). Composed for a television program. Used the EMS VCS3. 00:55 01:44 2.     Selections from the demonstration disc, EMS Synthi And The Composer (1971). Excerpts from Harrison Birtwistle, “Medusa,” Peter Zinovieff, “January Tensions,” and Tristram Cary, “Continuum.” 06:15 02:34 3.     Peter Zinovieff and Harrison Birtwistle, “Chronometer” (1971–2). Featured both the EMS Synthi VCS3 and modified sound recordings of the ticking of Big Ben and the chimes of Wells Cathedral clock. 24:23 08:48 4.     Mike Hankinson, “Toccata And Fugue In D Minor” (Bach) (1972) from The Classical Synthesizer. South African record realized using the Putney (EMS) VCS3. 07:04 33:06 5.     Electrophon, “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” (1973) from In a Covent Garden (1973).  Electrophon Music was described as the studio where the electronics were recorded and produced in the UK by Radiophonic musicians Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson. A variety of synthesizers were used including the obscure EMS Synthi Range, a multi-effect instrument. 03:04 40:10 6.     The Eden Electronic Ensemble, “Elite Syncopations” (Joplin) (1974) from The Eden Electronic Ensemble Plays Joplin. Realized using the EMS VCS3 and Minimoog synthesizers. 04:53 43:12 7.     Peter Zinovieff, “A Lollipop For Papa” (1974).  Realized with the EMS Synthi AKS. 06:26 48:04 8.     Peter Zinovieff and Hans Werner Henze, “Tristan” (Long Section) (1975). Tape accompaniment realized with the EMS Synthi AKS. 07:40 54:40 9.     J.D. Robb, “Poem of Summer” (1976) from Rhythmania And Other Electronic Musical Compositions. Realized using the EMS Synthi AKS. 02:04 01:02:18 10.   J.D. Robb, “Synthi Waltz” (1976) from Rhythmania And Other Electronic Musical Compositions. Realized using the EMS Synthi AKS and Synthi Sequencer 256 (digital sequencer). 01:52 01:04:24 11.   Bruno Spoerri, “Hymn Of Taurus (Taurus Is Calling You!)” (1978) from Voice Of Taurus. Realized using a host of equipment, including a few EMS instruments: EMS Synthi 100, EMS VCS3, EMS AKS, EMS Vocoder 2000, Alto Saxophone with EMS Pitch-to-voltage Converter & Random Generator, plus the Lyricon, Prophet-5 Polyphonic Synthesizer, ARP Omni & Odyssey, Minimoog, Moog Taurus Bass Pedal, RMI Keyboard Computer, Ondes Martenot , Vako Polyphonic Orchestron, Bode Frequency Shifter, AMS Tape Phase Simulator, Echoplex, Roland Echo, Roland Rhythm Box, Bruno Spoerri. 02:48 01:06:16 12.   Henry Sweitzer, “Open Windows” (1979) from Te Deum.  Realized with the EMS Synthi AKS. 11:11 01:09:02 13.   Eduard Artemyev, Yuri Bogdanov, Vladimir Martynov, “Le Vent Dans La Plaine,” “Io Mi Son Giovinetta,” and “Why Ask You?” (1980) from Metamorphoses. Composed and realized using the EMS Synthi 100, a large synthesizer unit combining several EMS3 models and connecting circuitry. 08:38 01:20:14 14.   Jean-Michel Jarre, “Les Chants Magnétiques,” (side 1) (1981) from Les Chants Magnétiques. Portions realized with the EMS Synthi AKS, EMS Synthi VCS3, and EMS Vocoder 1000. 17:58 01:28:52 15.   Alessandro Cortini and Merzbow, “AAMC” (2017) from Alessandro Cortini And Merzbow. Recent recording with all sounds realized using a vintage EMS Synthi AKS. 04:49 01:46:40   Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes. My Books/eBooks: Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, Routledge 2020. Also, Sound Art: Concepts and Practices, first edition, Routledge 2022. See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation. For a transcript, please see my blog, Noise and Notations. Original music by Thom Holmes can be found on iTunes and Bandcamp.  

durée : 00:12:06 - Theseus Game : Harrison Birtwistle - Pierre Boulez - Harrison Birtwistle est le « compositeur britannique le plus énergique et le plus original de sa génération » (The New Grove). Ses œuvres allient l'esthétique moderniste à la puissance mythique et à l'impact émotionnel.

durée : 00:12:06 - Theseus Game : Harrison Birtwistle - Pierre Boulez - Harrison Birtwistle est le « compositeur britannique le plus énergique et le plus original de sa génération » (The New Grove). Ses œuvres allient l'esthétique moderniste à la puissance mythique et à l'impact émotionnel.

durée : 00:12:06 - Theseus Game : Harrison Birtwistle - Pierre Boulez - Harrison Birtwistle est le « compositeur britannique le plus énergique et le plus original de sa génération » (The New Grove). Ses œuvres allient l'esthétique moderniste à la puissance mythique et à l'impact émotionnel.

Thomas Adès is one of the UK's foremost and most successful composers. His first opera, Powder Her Face, was premiered in 1995, when he was just 24. With its racy subject matter, based on the life of the Duchess of Argyll, it put him squarely on the musical map, winning widespread critical acclaim. His catalogue now includes almost 90 works, with commissions from the world's leading orchestras and festivals, two further operas, The Tempest and The Exterminating Angel, and an epic ballet score for Wayne McGregor, Dante, based on the Divine Comedy.To anticipate the UK premiere of his new work, Aquifer, at the 2024 BBC Proms, Thomas Adès talks to Michael Berkeley about his musical inspirations and passions, including works by Schubert, Chopin, Walton, Stravinsky, Berg and Harrison Birtwistle.Producer Graham Rogers

When the American composer Jack Stamp was appointed International Composer-in-Association to the Grimethorpe Colliery Band in 2019, he conceived a recording project focused on works written explicitly for the GCB, including compositions by himself and Liz Lane, the other GCB Composer-in-Association, alongside other pieces which have played a prominent role in the Band's recent activities. The kaleidoscopic range of styles to be heard here displays the extraordinary virtuosity of one of the world's best-known brass bands.TracksJack Stamp (b. 1954) Handsel Overture (2019)* (7:23)David Hackbridge Johnson (b. 1963) Slow March on Gresford: In memorian E.R. II (2022)* (8:24)Michael Halstenson (b. 1956) Winter's Moon (2022)* (8:13)Liz Lane (b. 1964) Serenata (2019) (4:34)Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022) Grimethorpe Aria (1973)** (10:03)Robert Bernat (1931-94) Dunlap's Creek (1976) (4:50)Ben Gaunt (b. 1984) More Like What It Is (2023)* (5:55)Liz Lane Beyond the Light (2022)* (6:57)Jack Stamp Vociferation (2022)* (7:02)Edward Gregson (b. 1945) Postcards to Grimethorpe (1993/2022)* (3:31)*First Recordings**Live Recording

Donald Macleod celebrates the programme's 80th anniversary with highlights from 10 memorable interviews Composer of the Week is one of the longest-running strands on the BBC, first heard on the airwaves during the Second World War on the 2nd of August 1943. The first to be featured was Mozart – and today, the programme tells the stories of well-known and rediscovered composers across classical music, jazz, contemporary and beyond. Donald Macleod celebrates its 80th anniversary with highlights and behind-the-scenes stories from his encounters with some of our greatest living composers. Across the week, he looks back on 10 memorable interviews from his nearly 25 years in the presenter's chair, showcasing the range of musical styles and personalities he's encountered. Part 1 includes interviews with Stephen Sondheim, Judith Weir, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich & Harrison Birtwistle. Part 2 includes interviews with Hans Werner Henze, Adolphus Hailstork, Thea Musgrave, Anoushka Shankar & Oliver Knussen. Music Featured: Stephen Sondheim: Pretty Little Picture (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim: Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy) Stephen Sondheim: Free (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) Stephen Sondheim: There's Always a Woman (from Anyone Can Whistle) Judith Weir: Variations For Judith, No 5 Judith Weir: Vertue for chorus Judith Weir: Piano Quartet (1st movement) Judith Weir: Airs from Another Planet for wind quintet and piano (excerpt) Meredith Monk: Gothum Lullaby Meredith Monk: Quarry (Quarry Weave 2) Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music (excerpt) Steve Reich: The Cave (excerpts from Act III) Steve Reich: Different Trains (iii. Europe, After the War) Steve Reich: Piano Phase (remixed by D*Note) Harrison Birtwistle: Virelai (sous une fontayne) Harrison Birtwistle: The Minotaur (Part Two – excerpt) Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem Hans Werner Henze: Chamber Concerto, Op 1 (final movement) Hans Werner Henze: Serenade for piano trio (Adagio, Adagio) Hans Werner Henze: Scorribanda sinfónica Hans Werner Henze: Requiem (excerpt) Adolphus Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace Adolphus Hailstork: Three Spirituals for Orchestra Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No 2 (excerpts) Thea Musgrave: On the Underground, Set 1: Sometimes Thea Musgrave: Two's Company Anoushka Shankar: Traces of you Anoushka Shankar: Voice of the Moon Anoushka Shankar: Red Sun Oliver Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks, Op 22 Oliver Knussen: Music for a Puppet Court, Op 11 Oliver Knussen: …Upon One Note Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Anniversary Special: Composers in Conversation https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001p28b And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we've featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

Donald Macleod celebrates the programme's 80th anniversary with highlights from 10 memorable interviews Composer of the Week is one of the longest-running strands on the BBC, first heard on the airwaves during the Second World War on the 2nd of August 1943. The first to be featured was Mozart – and today, the programme tells the stories of well-known and rediscovered composers across classical music, jazz, contemporary and beyond. Donald Macleod celebrates its 80th anniversary with highlights and behind-the-scenes stories from his encounters with some of our greatest living composers. Across the week, he looks back on 10 memorable interviews from his nearly 25 years in the presenter's chair, showcasing the range of musical styles and personalities he's encountered. Part 1 includes interviews with Stephen Sondheim, Judith Weir, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich & Harrison Birtwistle. Part 2 includes interviews with Hans Werner Henze, Adolphus Hailstork, Thea Musgrave, Anoushka Shankar & Oliver Knussen. Music Featured: Stephen Sondheim: Pretty Little Picture (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim: Everything's Coming Up Roses (from Gypsy) Stephen Sondheim: Free (from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) Stephen Sondheim: There's Always a Woman (from Anyone Can Whistle) Judith Weir: Variations For Judith, No 5 Judith Weir: Vertue for chorus Judith Weir: Piano Quartet (1st movement) Judith Weir: Airs from Another Planet for wind quintet and piano (excerpt) Meredith Monk: Gothum Lullaby Meredith Monk: Quarry (Quarry Weave 2) Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music (excerpt) Steve Reich: The Cave (excerpts from Act III) Steve Reich: Different Trains (iii. Europe, After the War) Steve Reich: Piano Phase (remixed by D*Note) Harrison Birtwistle: Virelai (sous une fontayne) Harrison Birtwistle: The Minotaur (Part Two – excerpt) Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem Hans Werner Henze: Chamber Concerto, Op 1 (final movement) Hans Werner Henze: Serenade for piano trio (Adagio, Adagio) Hans Werner Henze: Scorribanda sinfónica Hans Werner Henze: Requiem (excerpt) Adolphus Hailstork: Fanfare on Amazing Grace Adolphus Hailstork: Three Spirituals for Orchestra Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No 2 (excerpts) Thea Musgrave: On the Underground, Set 1: Sometimes Thea Musgrave: Two's Company Anoushka Shankar: Traces of you Anoushka Shankar: Voice of the Moon Anoushka Shankar: Red Sun Oliver Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks, Op 22 Oliver Knussen: Music for a Puppet Court, Op 11 Oliver Knussen: …Upon One Note Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Anniversary Special: Composers in Conversation https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001p28b And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we've featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

We meet Daniel Lismore live at Hay Festival 2023!Daniel is a London-based artist. He was born in Bournemouth and raised in Fillongley Village on the border of Coventry. Although he started his career as an artist from the perspective of the outsider, working as a photographer within a year he had moved in front of the lens as a model, later emerging as a creative consultant for Mert & Marcus, Steven Klein, David LaChapelle and Ellen von Unwerth. Lismore has been named by Vogue as ‘England's Most Eccentric Dresser'. In 2017 he was selected in the top hundred of the Out 100 List. In 2018 and 2020 he was named in the top hundred, Guardian's Pride Power List.​In 2016, Daniel Lismore became the Circuit Ambassador for the Tate Museums. Here, Lismore hosted his first two exhibitions in Tate Modern 2012 and Tate Britain 2013 featuring self-portraits.​Daniel Lismore's first book, ‘Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken,' published by Rizzoli in 2016, documented the 32 figurative sculptures of Lismore which comprised his first USA museum exhibition. The exhibition was co-curated by Raphael Gomes and Savannah College of Art and Design and was later displayed at Miami Art Basel. In May 2017 Lismore exhibited at the Venice Biennale. In June 2018, Lismore curated a month-long show of his work at Harpa Hall in Iceland as the highlight of the Reykjavik Arts Festival. The exhibition subsequently toured Europe, opening at the Pan Museum in Naples and Stary Brower Gallery in Poznań, Poland. The exhibition has been attended by over 150,000+ visitors. In April 2019 Lismore gave a TED Talk at the main TED conference in Vancouver, titled "My Life as A Work of Art" in which he spoke about his life as a Living Sculpture.​In September 2019, Lismore opened Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief runway show at the British Museum revealing one of the first costumes he designed for the English National Opera (in collaboration with Swarovski) for Harrison Birtwistle's iconic opera The Mask of Orpheus which was staged at the London Coliseum. ​During the Covid-19 pandemic, Lismore resided between Coventry and London working on LGBTQ+ activism and new artworks. His show Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken was opened in February 2022 in Coventry UK City of Culture at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum it attracted around 50,000 guests from all over the world.​In 2021 Lismore took a selection of his show Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken and exhibited them at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London as part of their Fashion in Motion program. This was also his debut performance as a performance artist. He joined the sculptures exhibiting himself as a statue between his works to deliver a dialogue under a mask to confuse the audience.​In 2023 Lismore exhibited “Studio Visit” a site-specific installation based on the studio environment that is instrumental to his practice, aiming to give visitors a unique insight into the creative process and the development of his work in Giant Gallery Bournemouth, co-curated by Stuart Semple. Follow @DanielLismoreVisit: https://www.daniellismore.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined by Jay Colbert to discuss Harrison Birtwistle and David Harsent's The Minotaur! It's opera time! Keep up with Jay's work here: https://twitter.com/_WildeAtHeart https://linktr.ee/jlcolbert https://www.patreon.com/wildeatheart https://wilde-at-heart.garden https://www.librarypunk.gay Follow us on social media for possibly future opera reviews: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ You can support the show for less than the cost of an acoustically transparent minotaur mask at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

durée : 00:59:43 - En pistes, contemporains ! - par : Emilie Munera - Cette semaine, place au clair-obscur avec le dernier album du Spektral Quartet consacré au premier quatuor à cordes de la compositrice islandaise Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Nous rendons également hommage au compositeur Harrison Birtwistle qui nous a quittés dimanche dernier. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

Sunday 24 April: Vale Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022).

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Harrison Birtwistles ruppige Musik ist längst Teil des Kanons der Neuen Musik und wird von allen bedeutenden Orchestern der Welt gespielt. Als musikalischer Leiter hat er die Gründungsjahre des Royal National Theatre mitgeprägt und wurde dafür von der Queen in den Adelsstand erhoben. Nun ist der britische Komponist im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben.

-Hommage à Stefania Pinnelli, comédienne, metteuse en scène, dramaturge, co-fondatrice et co-directrice de la compagnie La Divine Company, directrice de Théâtre de lʹAlambic à Martigny -Week-end noir pour la musique classique, avec les morts des pianistes Radu Lupu et Nicholas Angelich et du compositeur Harrison Birtwistle -la guitare de la rupture Oasis en vente -Lionel Baïer dans la sélection de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs à Cannes.

Célèbre compositeur de musique contemporaine britannique, Harrison Birtwistle est mort à l'âge de 87 ans, a annoncé lundi son éditeur. Harrison Birtwistle, l'un des principaux compositeurs de musique contemporaine britanniques, est mort à l'âge de 87 ans, a annoncé lundi son éditeur. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aziz-mustaphi/message

Da sind wir wieder! Diesmal mit 'Canê' von Ebow, 'For the sake of Bethel Woods' von Midlake und dem Nash Ensemble, die kammermusikalisches von Harrison Birtwistle spielen auf dem Album 'Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber Works'. Wein gab es auch wieder, diesmal einen Chianti von Poliziano aus dem Jahr 2020.

Synopsis On today's date in 2002, a new Violin Concerto received its premiere by the Boston Symphony and  German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, with the new work's composer, Sir Andre Previn conducting. Previn was born in Berlin, came to the United States in 1939, and became an American citizen in 1943. His Concerto reflects a homecoming of sorts in its third movement, subtitled “From a Train in Germany.”  In 1999, while riding on a German train Previn had telephoned a birthday greeting to his manager, who suggested that the new composition he was planning for Boston might reflect that return to the country of his birth. And so its 3rd movement ended up incorporating a German children's song suggested by Anne-Sophie Mutter, one that Previn had known as a child. Autobiographical inferences throughout the Concerto are also suggested by an inscription from T. S. Eliot's “Four Quartets,” which reads: “We shall not cease from exploration/And the end of all our exploring/will be to arrive where we started/and know the place for the first time.” And, as if to underscore the autobiographical interplay of life and art, Mutter and Previn were married on August 1, 2002, five months after the premiere of “their” Concerto. Music Played in Today's Program André Previn (b. 1930) — Violin Concerto (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Boston Symphony; André Previn, cond.) DG 474500 On This Day Births 1681 - German composer Georg Philipp Telemann, in Magdeburg; 1727 - Baptism of German composer and keyboard virtuoso Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, in Danzig (now Gdansk); 1804 - Austrian composer and conductor Johann Strauss, Sr., in Vienna; Premieres 1734 - Handel: anthem "This is the day which the Lord hath made" in London at the French Chapel of St. James's Palace, for the wedding of Princess Anne and Prince Willem, the Prince of Orange (Gregorian date: March 25); 1824 - Schubert: String Quartet in a (D. 804) in Vienna, by the Schuppanzigh Quartet; Published the following September, this was the only chamber work of Schubert's published in his lifetime; 1847 - Verdi: opera "Macbeth," in Florence at the Teatro della Pergola; 1885 - Gilbert & Sullivan: operetta "The Mikado," at the Savoy Theatre in London; 1963 - Simpson: Symphony No. 3, in Birmingham, England; 1975 - Ulysses Kay: Quintet Concerto for brass and orchestra, in New York City; 1976 - Paul Creston: "Hyas Illahee" for chorus and orchestra, in Shreveport, La.; 1986 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Earth Dances" for orchestra, at Royal Festival Hall in London by the BBC Symphony, Peter Eotvos conducting; 1996 - Leo Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 6, at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, by pianist Marvin Tartak; 2000 - David Maslanka: Wind Quintet No. 3, in Columbus, Mo., by the Missouri Quintet; 2001 - Danielpour: Cello Concerto No. 2 ("Through the Ancient Valley"), by the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting, with soloist Yo-Yo Ma; 2002 - Previn: Violin Concerto, by the Boston Symphony with the composer conducting and soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter; 2003 - Jim Mobberley: "Vox Inhumana" for live and prerecorded sounds, in Kansas City, by the NewEar ensemble. Links and Resources On André Previn More on Previn

Welcome back to Declassify Season 2! I am so pleased to welcome you all back to this new season, and most importantly, to begin this following season with a host of international guests and conversations. I am so pleased, not only to have returned, but to welcome Declassify's third guest for the season, pioneering percussionist Claire Edwardes. Claire is a leading percussionist working as a soloist, recording performer and chamber musician and is the current Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring. She is a forefront figure for the commissioning and performance of contemporary Australian music having premiered works by composers such as Harrison Birtwistle and Elena Kats-Chernin. Claire remains the only Australian to have won the ‘APRA Art Music Award for Excellence' by an individual three times. Across this episode, Victoria and Claire unpack the myth of meritocracy, new programming, educational models and the need to break the cycles of sonic conditioning. --------RESOURCESClaire's Website: https://www.claireedwardes.com/Limelight Claire's article: https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/ensemble-offspring-embracing-the-new-and-unknown/?fbclid=IwAR1DJ91HVCmDLPb5TS0suIDUeBjbamt4wxRW4FCgYJOb01QpJvSScbU12FQ Claire's Resources for Composers: https://www.claireedwardes.com/resourcesforcomposers Claire's Female Composition List: https://www.claireedwardes.com/femalecompositionlist Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/ Keychange EU: https://www.keychange.eu/  

Synopsis On today's date in 2020, the University of Maryland launched PriceFest–an annual festival devoted to the American composer Florence Price. The plan was to stage performances of works in the context of lectures and panels devoted to this long-neglected African-American composer. The Covid outbreak forced the first PriceFest to be an online event only, but that worked so well the 2021 PriceFest arranged for more live-streamed and interactive Zoom events. When Florence Price died at the age of 66 in 1953, she left behind instrumental, orchestra and vocal works that languished unperformed for decades until a revival of interest in music by women composers and composers of color led to a serious second look at her compositions and a rediscovery of their quality and importance. In 2009, a couple renovating an abandoned and dilapidated house in St. Anne, Illinois once owned by Price found a substantial collection of previously unknown Price scores.   As Alex Ross, writing in The New Yorker, commented: "not only did [Florence] Price fail to enter the canon; a large quantity of her music came perilously close to obliteration. That run-down house in St. Anne is a potent symbol of how a country can forget its cultural history.” Music Played in Today's Program Florence Price (1887 - 1953) – Mississippi Suite (Women's Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, cond.) Koch 75182 On This Day Births 1561 - Italian composer Jacopo Peri, in Rome; His setting of Rinuccini's poem "Dafne," staged in 1600, is credited as the first opera; Deaths 1813 - Bohemian composer Jan Krittel Vanhal (Johann Baptist Wanhal), age 74, in Vienna; Premieres 1882 - Tchaikovsky: "1812 Overture," on an all-Tchaikovsky program presented during an Art and Industrial Exhibition in Moscow (Julian date: Aug. 8); 1943 - Manuel Ponce: Violin Concerto, in Mexico City, conducted by Carlos Chavez; 1956 - Bliss: "Edinburgh Overture," at the opening of the Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama; 1958 - Menotti: opera "Maria Golovin," at the International Exposition in Brussels, Belgium; 1961 - John Harbison: "Duo" for flute and piano, at the Brooklyn Museum, with flutist Neil Zaslaw and pianist Juliette Arnold; 1965 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Tragoedia" for chamber ensemble, at Wardour Castle in England, during the Castle Summer School of Music, by the Melos Ensemble conducted by Lawrence Foster; 1973 - Carl Orff: cantata "De Temporum Fine Commedia" (A Play of the End of Time) at the Salzburg Festival, with Herbert von Karajan conducting; 1979 - Harbison: opera "The Winter's Tale" in San Francisco; 1980 - Rubbra: Symphony No. 11, in London by the BBC Northern Symphony; 1992 - Joan Tower: "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" No. 5 (dedicated to Joan Harris), at the opening of the Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. 2004 - Zhou Long: “The Immortal” for orchestra, at a BBC Proms concerts with the BBC Symphony, Leonard Slatkin conducting; 2004 - Peter Maxwell Davies: “Naxos Quartet” No. 4 (“Children's Games”), in the Chapel of the Royal Palace, Oslo (Norway) during the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, by the Maggini Quartet.

This week, we look back to May 2014 and the second of two podcasts episodes which attempt to explore the music, the man and the myth of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle, with a rare interview with the composer himself and the many musicians who surround him.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts.Show your support for the Barbican by making a donation and help inspire more people to discover and love the arts. https://www.barbican.org.uk/donate See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Synopsis On today’s date in 1825, the Italian composer Antonio Salieri breathed his last in Vienna. Gossip circulated that in his final dementia, Salieri blabbed something about poisoning Mozart. Whether he meant it figuratively or literally, or even said anything of the sort, didn’t seem to matter and the gossip became a Romantic legend. Modern food detectives suggested that if Mozart WAS poisoned, an undercooked pork chop might be to blame… In one of his last letters to his wife, Mozart mentions his anticipation of feasting on a fat chop his cook had secured for his dinner! Twenty-five years after Salieri’s death, on today’s date in 1850, the Austro-Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl was born in Budapest. Seidl became a famous conductor of both the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic. It was Seidl who conducted the premiere of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. In 1898, at the age of just 47, Seidl died suddenly, apparently from ptomaine poisoning. Perhaps it was the shad roe he ate at home, or that sausage from Fleischmann’s restaurant? An autopsy revealed serious gallstone and liver ailments, so maybe Seidl’s last meal, whatever it might have been, was as innocent of blame as poor old Salieri. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Symphony No. 25 St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond. Fantasy 104/105 Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Vienna Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, cond. Decca 466 994 Antonio Salieri (1750 – 1825) "La Folia" Variations London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond. Chandos 9877 On This Day Births 1833 - German composer Johannes Brahms, in Hamburg; 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, in Votkinsk, district of Viatka (Julian date: April 25); 1850 - Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl, in Budapest; He was Wagner assistant at the first Bayreuth Festival performances of the "Ring" operas in 1876-79, was engaged to conduct the German repertory at the Metropolitan Opera in 1885, and in 1891 as the permanent conductor of the New York Philharmonic; He conducted the American premieres of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" in 1886 and the world premiere of Dvorák's "New World" Symphony in 1893; He died of ptomaine poisoning in 1898; Deaths 1793 - Italian composer and violinist Pietro Nardini, age 71, in Florence; 1818 - Bohemian composer Leopold (Jan Antonín, Ioannes Antonius)Kozeluch (Kotzeluch, Koželuh), age 70, in Vienna; 1825 - Italian composer Antonio Salieri, age 74, in Vienna; Premieres 1824 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna, with the deaf composer on stage beating time, but with the performers instructed to follow the cues of Beethoven's assistant conductor, Michael Umlauf; 1888 - Lalo: "Le Roi d'Ys" (The King of Ys) at the Opéra Comique, in Paris; 1926 - Milhaud: opera "Les malheurs d'Orphée" (The Sorrows of Orpheus), in Brussels at the Théatre de la Monnaie; 1944 - Copland: "Our Town" Film Music Suite (revised version), by the Boston Pops conducted by Leonard Bernstein; An earlier version of this suite aired on CBS Radio on June 9, 1940, with the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony conducted by Howard Barlow; 1947 - Virgil Thomson: opera "The Mother of Us All," at Columbia University in New York City; 1985 - David Ward-Steinman: "Chroma" Concerto for multiple keyboards, percussion, and chamber orchestra, in Scottsdale, Ariz., by the Noveau West Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terry Williams, with the composer and Amy-Smith-Davie as keyboard soloists; 1988 - Stockhausen: opera "Montag von Licht" (Monday from Light), in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala; 1988 - Michael Torke: ballet "Black and White," at the New York State Theater, with the NY City Ballet Orchestra, David Alan Miller conducting; 1993 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Five Distances for Five Instruments," in London at the Purcell Room, by the Ensemble InterContemporain; 1998 - Joan Tower: "Tambor," by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Mariss Jansons conducting; 1999 - Robert X. Rodriguez: "Bachanale: Concertino for Orchestra," by the San Antonio Symphony, Wilkins conducting; Others 1747 - J.S. Bach (age 62) visits King Frederick II of Prussia at his court in Potsdam on May 7-8; Bach improvises on a theme submitted by the King, performing on the King's forte-piano; In September of 1747 Bach publishes a chamber work based on the royal theme entitled "Musical Offering." 1937 - The RKO film "Shall We Dance?" is released, with a filmscore by George Gershwin; This film includes the classic Gershwin songs "Beginner's Luck," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and an instrumental interlude "Walking the Dog" (released as a solo piano piece under the title "Promenade"). Links and Resources A BBC story on "Rehabilitating Salieri" On Anton Seidl On the Seidl papers at Columbia University

Synopsis On today’s date in 1825, the Italian composer Antonio Salieri breathed his last in Vienna. Gossip circulated that in his final dementia, Salieri blabbed something about poisoning Mozart. Whether he meant it figuratively or literally, or even said anything of the sort, didn’t seem to matter and the gossip became a Romantic legend. Modern food detectives suggested that if Mozart WAS poisoned, an undercooked pork chop might be to blame… In one of his last letters to his wife, Mozart mentions his anticipation of feasting on a fat chop his cook had secured for his dinner! Twenty-five years after Salieri’s death, on today’s date in 1850, the Austro-Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl was born in Budapest. Seidl became a famous conductor of both the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic. It was Seidl who conducted the premiere of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony. In 1898, at the age of just 47, Seidl died suddenly, apparently from ptomaine poisoning. Perhaps it was the shad roe he ate at home, or that sausage from Fleischmann’s restaurant? An autopsy revealed serious gallstone and liver ailments, so maybe Seidl’s last meal, whatever it might have been, was as innocent of blame as poor old Salieri. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Symphony No. 25 St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond. Fantasy 104/105 Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Vienna Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, cond. Decca 466 994 Antonio Salieri (1750 – 1825) "La Folia" Variations London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond. Chandos 9877 On This Day Births 1833 - German composer Johannes Brahms, in Hamburg; 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, in Votkinsk, district of Viatka (Julian date: April 25); 1850 - Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl, in Budapest; He was Wagner assistant at the first Bayreuth Festival performances of the "Ring" operas in 1876-79, was engaged to conduct the German repertory at the Metropolitan Opera in 1885, and in 1891 as the permanent conductor of the New York Philharmonic; He conducted the American premieres of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" in 1886 and the world premiere of Dvorák's "New World" Symphony in 1893; He died of ptomaine poisoning in 1898; Deaths 1793 - Italian composer and violinist Pietro Nardini, age 71, in Florence; 1818 - Bohemian composer Leopold (Jan Antonín, Ioannes Antonius)Kozeluch (Kotzeluch, Koželuh), age 70, in Vienna; 1825 - Italian composer Antonio Salieri, age 74, in Vienna; Premieres 1824 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna, with the deaf composer on stage beating time, but with the performers instructed to follow the cues of Beethoven's assistant conductor, Michael Umlauf; 1888 - Lalo: "Le Roi d'Ys" (The King of Ys) at the Opéra Comique, in Paris; 1926 - Milhaud: opera "Les malheurs d'Orphée" (The Sorrows of Orpheus), in Brussels at the Théatre de la Monnaie; 1944 - Copland: "Our Town" Film Music Suite (revised version), by the Boston Pops conducted by Leonard Bernstein; An earlier version of this suite aired on CBS Radio on June 9, 1940, with the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony conducted by Howard Barlow; 1947 - Virgil Thomson: opera "The Mother of Us All," at Columbia University in New York City; 1985 - David Ward-Steinman: "Chroma" Concerto for multiple keyboards, percussion, and chamber orchestra, in Scottsdale, Ariz., by the Noveau West Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terry Williams, with the composer and Amy-Smith-Davie as keyboard soloists; 1988 - Stockhausen: opera "Montag von Licht" (Monday from Light), in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala; 1988 - Michael Torke: ballet "Black and White," at the New York State Theater, with the NY City Ballet Orchestra, David Alan Miller conducting; 1993 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Five Distances for Five Instruments," in London at the Purcell Room, by the Ensemble InterContemporain; 1998 - Joan Tower: "Tambor," by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Mariss Jansons conducting; 1999 - Robert X. Rodriguez: "Bachanale: Concertino for Orchestra," by the San Antonio Symphony, Wilkins conducting; Others 1747 - J.S. Bach (age 62) visits King Frederick II of Prussia at his court in Potsdam on May 7-8; Bach improvises on a theme submitted by the King, performing on the King's forte-piano; In September of 1747 Bach publishes a chamber work based on the royal theme entitled "Musical Offering." 1937 - The RKO film "Shall We Dance?" is released, with a filmscore by George Gershwin; This film includes the classic Gershwin songs "Beginner's Luck," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and an instrumental interlude "Walking the Dog" (released as a solo piano piece under the title "Promenade"). Links and Resources A BBC story on "Rehabilitating Salieri" On Anton Seidl On the Seidl papers at Columbia University

Fiona Maddocks played music as a young girl at the Royal College of Music on Saturdays, but after a frightening experience at a Masterclass with Nadia Boulanger, she knew for certain she didn't want to be on stage, or indeed be the centre of attention at all. While studying English at Cambridge, she spent her spare time playing the violin with chamber groups and orchestras, before setting out in London as a young hopeful writer and finding the doors well and truly shut. From her early role running a radio switchboard for incoming calls, via politics and current affairs, Fiona was later part of the team that set up Channel 4, was the first music editor of The Independent and founding editor of BBC Music Magazine.  She was also chief Arts feature writer of the Evening Standard, and is the author of four books from Hildegard von Bingen to Harrison Birtwistle, all of which she negotiated alongside the demands of bringing up a young family, almost single-handedly. Now, as Chief Music Critic of The Observer, Fiona is the only woman in that role on a UK broadsheet newspaper. Fiona's books can be found here and her literary agency can be found here

This week we look back with a series of two episodes that attempting to explore the music, the man and the myth of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle in his 80th year in 2014.From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts.Show your support for the Barbican by making a donation and help inspire more people to discover and love the arts. https://www.barbican.org.uk/donate See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Synopsis Today’s date marks two anniversaries in the life of American composer, teacher, and organist Leo Sowerby, who lived from 1895 to 1968. Sowerby was born on May 1st in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and on his 32nd birthday in 1927, was hired as the permanent organist and choirmaster at St. James’ Church in Chicago, where he remained for the next 35 years. Sowerby wrote hundreds of pieces of church music for organ and chorus, plus chamber and symphonic works, which are only recently receiving proper attention. It’s not that Sowerby was neglected during his lifetime–he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1946–but many seemed “put off” by both his unabashedly Romantic style and his unprepossessing physical appearance. The younger American composer Ned Rorem, who took theory lessons from Sowerby, puts it this way: “Leo Sowerby was … of my parents’ generation, a bachelor, reddish-complexioned and milky skinned, chain smoker of Fatima cigarettes, unglamorous and non-mysterious, likable with a perpetual worried frown, overweight and wearing rimless glasses, earthy, practical, interested in others even when they were talentless; a stickler for basic training, Sowerby was the first composer I knew and the last thing a composer was supposed to resemble.” Music Played in Today's Program Leo Sowerby (1895 – 1968) Classic Concerto David Mulbury, organ; Fairfield Orchestra; John Welsh, cond. Naxos 8.559028 On This Day Births 1582 - Early Italian opera composer Marco da Gagliano, in Gagliano; 1602 - Baptism of English madrigal composer William Lawes, in Salisbury ; He was the younger brother of the more famous English composer Henry Lawes (1696-1662); 1872 - Swedish violinist and composer Hugo Alfvén in Stockholm; 1895 - American organist and composer Leo Sowerby, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1899 - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, in Sólheimar; Deaths 1904 - Czech composer Antonin Dvorák, age 62, in Prague; 1978 - Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian, age 74, in Moscow; Premieres 1786 - Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" in Vienna at the Old Burgtheater; 1886 - Franck: "Symphonic Variations" for piano and orchestra, in Paris; 1909 - Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," in Moscow, conducted by the composer (Julian date: April 18); 1925 - Piston: Three Pieces for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (his first published work), at the École Normale in Paris, by the Blanquart-Coste-Dherin trio; 1939 - Barber: "The Virgin Martyrs," with students from the Curtis Institute of Music on a CBS Radio broadcast, with the composer conducting; 1971 - Dave Brubeck: oratorio "Truth Has Fallen," at the opening of the Center for the Arts in Midland, Mich.; 1987 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Endless Parade" for trumpet, vibraphone and strings, in Zurich (Switzerland) by the Collegium Musicum conducted by Paul Sacher, with trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger; 2002 - Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral," by the Curtis Institute Symphony conducted by Robert Spano, commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music; 2003 - Lukas Foss: Concertino ("Passacaglia, Bachanalia, Passacaglia") for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, by the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting; Others 1761 - Franz Joseph Haydn begins his 30-year tenure as Second-Kapellmeister at Prince Esterhazy's estate in Eisenstadt; In 1766, Haydn succeeded the much older composer Gregor Joseph Werner as First-Kapellmeister; 1825 - first documented American performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 100 ("Military") at Boylston Hall in Boston, at a benefit concert for Haydn's former pupil, Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner (1767-1836); 1837 - American premiere of Rossini's opera "Semiramide" in New Orleans; 1938 - The German Reichsmusikkammer (Imperial Ministry of Music) forbids Aryan music instructors to teach pupils of Jewish extraction. Links and Resources On Sowerby An essay "Leo Sowerby at 100"

Synopsis Today’s date marks two anniversaries in the life of American composer, teacher, and organist Leo Sowerby, who lived from 1895 to 1968. Sowerby was born on May 1st in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and on his 32nd birthday in 1927, was hired as the permanent organist and choirmaster at St. James’ Church in Chicago, where he remained for the next 35 years. Sowerby wrote hundreds of pieces of church music for organ and chorus, plus chamber and symphonic works, which are only recently receiving proper attention. It’s not that Sowerby was neglected during his lifetime–he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1946–but many seemed “put off” by both his unabashedly Romantic style and his unprepossessing physical appearance. The younger American composer Ned Rorem, who took theory lessons from Sowerby, puts it this way: “Leo Sowerby was … of my parents’ generation, a bachelor, reddish-complexioned and milky skinned, chain smoker of Fatima cigarettes, unglamorous and non-mysterious, likable with a perpetual worried frown, overweight and wearing rimless glasses, earthy, practical, interested in others even when they were talentless; a stickler for basic training, Sowerby was the first composer I knew and the last thing a composer was supposed to resemble.” Music Played in Today's Program Leo Sowerby (1895 – 1968) Classic Concerto David Mulbury, organ; Fairfield Orchestra; John Welsh, cond. Naxos 8.559028 On This Day Births 1582 - Early Italian opera composer Marco da Gagliano, in Gagliano; 1602 - Baptism of English madrigal composer William Lawes, in Salisbury ; He was the younger brother of the more famous English composer Henry Lawes (1696-1662); 1872 - Swedish violinist and composer Hugo Alfvén in Stockholm; 1895 - American organist and composer Leo Sowerby, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1899 - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, in Sólheimar; Deaths 1904 - Czech composer Antonin Dvorák, age 62, in Prague; 1978 - Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian, age 74, in Moscow; Premieres 1786 - Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" in Vienna at the Old Burgtheater; 1886 - Franck: "Symphonic Variations" for piano and orchestra, in Paris; 1909 - Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," in Moscow, conducted by the composer (Julian date: April 18); 1925 - Piston: Three Pieces for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (his first published work), at the École Normale in Paris, by the Blanquart-Coste-Dherin trio; 1939 - Barber: "The Virgin Martyrs," with students from the Curtis Institute of Music on a CBS Radio broadcast, with the composer conducting; 1971 - Dave Brubeck: oratorio "Truth Has Fallen," at the opening of the Center for the Arts in Midland, Mich.; 1987 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Endless Parade" for trumpet, vibraphone and strings, in Zurich (Switzerland) by the Collegium Musicum conducted by Paul Sacher, with trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger; 2002 - Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral," by the Curtis Institute Symphony conducted by Robert Spano, commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music; 2003 - Lukas Foss: Concertino ("Passacaglia, Bachanalia, Passacaglia") for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, by the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting; Others 1761 - Franz Joseph Haydn begins his 30-year tenure as Second-Kapellmeister at Prince Esterhazy's estate in Eisenstadt; In 1766, Haydn succeeded the much older composer Gregor Joseph Werner as First-Kapellmeister; 1825 - first documented American performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 100 ("Military") at Boylston Hall in Boston, at a benefit concert for Haydn's former pupil, Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner (1767-1836); 1837 - American premiere of Rossini's opera "Semiramide" in New Orleans; 1938 - The German Reichsmusikkammer (Imperial Ministry of Music) forbids Aryan music instructors to teach pupils of Jewish extraction. Links and Resources On Sowerby An essay "Leo Sowerby at 100"

durée : 00:14:03 - Le disque contemporain de la semaine du dimanche 07 mars 2021 - La pianiste britannique Clare Hammond joue les oeuvres de Karol Szymanowski, Helmut Lachenmann, Harrison Birtwistle, John Adams, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith etSofia Gubaïdulina, dans son disque "Variations" paru le 19 février 2021 sous le label Bis.

Paul Celan (1920-1970) schrieb Gedichte «nach Auschwitz» und zerbrach an der Überlebensschuld. Der Lyriker und Mystiker zählt zu den meistvertonten Dichtern deutschsprachiger Weltliteratur. Eine Spurensuche durch 50 Jahre Musikgeschichte. Am 23. November 1920 kam Paul Celan als Paul Antschel in Czernowitz im damaligen Grossrumänien zur Welt. Seine Eltern wurden Opfer der Shoah, er selbst entkam der Deportation durch Zwangsarbeit. Die Überlebensschuld prägte Leben und Schreiben, seine Lyrik fand 1955 erstmals in die neue Musik. Was fasziniert Komponisten an Celan und wie gelingt es, das enigmatische Pathos der Gedichte zu transformieren? Das berühmteste Gedicht (Todesfuge) ist ein Denkmal für Celans Mutter und sorgte in der Lesung vor der Gruppe 47 für einen Skandal. Erstmals griff Walter Keller auf Todesfuge zurück (1955), später etwa Tilo Medek (1966), Violeta Dinescu (1993) und die deutsche Punkband Slime (1994). Corinne Holtz streift mit dem Musikwissenschafter Roman Brotbeck unterschiedliche Positionen. Darunter den sprachlosen Psalm von Heinz Holliger sowie Tenebrae von Aribert Reimann, Harrison Birtwistle und Jacques Wildberger.

Mike Brearley, the former England cricket captain, talks to Michael Berkeley about the wide range of classical music that inspires him. Mike is one of the most successful cricket captains of all time, winning 17 tests for England and losing only four. No one who follows the game will forget the so-called ‘miracle’ of the 1981 Ashes: recalled as captain, Mike galvanised the demoralised team in one of the greatest-ever feats of sporting psychology - and led England to an astonishing 3-1 series victory. The Australian fast bowler Rodney Hogg famously described Mike as having ‘a degree in people’ – and that’s particularly appropriate as he’s gone on to have a long and successful second career as a psychoanalyst, as well as writing a series of books and working as a cricket journalist. Mike talks to Michael Berkeley about the close engagement he has with music – he listens with the same intensity and concentration he brought to test cricket and that he brings to his work as a psychoanalyst. He chooses music by Bach, Monteverdi, and Tchaikovsky, and a Mozart sonata that reminds him of his father, also a first-class cricketer. Mike is drawn to the complexity and darkness of music written by Beethoven and by Schubert at the very end of their lives and to an opera by Harrison Birtwistle that he finds challenging and difficult but ultimately enlightening. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

Harrison Birtwistle, Earth Dances Lezioni di musica del 22/02/2020 con Carlo Boccadoro

Fiona Maddocks discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Fiona is music critic of the Observer and author of books on Hildegard of Bingen, Harrison Birtwistle and 20th century music. Her Music for Life (Faber) is now in paperback. Shandy Hall https://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/shandy-hall.php Peckham Peculiar and Bruton Dove https://peckhampeculiar.tumblr.com/ and http://thedovemagazine.blogspot.com/ Cumnock Tryst https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/13/cumnock-tryst-review-james-macmillan-royal-scottish-national-orchestra-sondergard and https://www.thecumnocktryst.com/ Nottingham Alabasters https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07qb3tl Aldeburgh bookshop https://www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk/ Hildegard https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571302437-hildegard-of-bingen.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Donald Macleod talks to Sir Harrison Birtwistle about his life, inspiration and music. This week Donald Macleod meets Sir Harrison Birtwistle, described as “the most forceful and uncompromisingly original composer of his generation.” We hear his major compositions, broadly in chronological order, and reveal the preoccupations and processes behind a singular music imagination. To begin, we’ll hear about, Birtwistle’s daily working life, and about his early years among what became known as the Manchester school of composers. The premiere of his first opera Punch and Judy at Aldeburgh was infamous - much of the audience – including its commissioner Benjamin Britten – walked out at the interval. Next, we’ll hear about Birtwistle’s time in America and his friendship with Morton Feldman. They discuss some of his non-musical inspirations too: the power of mythology, the paintings of Paul Klee and the films of Quentin Tarantino. Birtwistle reveals how time, and the instruments for measuring time, have inspired many of his compositions, and how a lifelong fascination with moths inspired a new work meditating on loss. Music featured: Oockooing Bird Refrains and Choruses Punch and Judy (The Resolve; Passion Aria; Adding Song) Tragoedia Dinah and Nick’s Love Song Trio Chronometer The Triumph of Time Duets for Storab (Urlar; Stark Pastoral; Crunluath) Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum The Mask of Orpheus (13th, 14th 15th Arch from Act 2, Scene 2) Silbury Air Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker (There’s A Better Shine; How The White Gulls; My Life; Sleep’s Dream) Earth Dances Harrison’s Clocks (Clock 2; Clock 5) Panic Virelai (Sus une fontayne) The Minotaur (Part Two) The Moth Requiem In Broken Images Duet for Eight Strings Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Iain Chambers for BBC Wales For full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Harrison Birtwistle https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009r3h And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

Nicht nur politisch, auch musikalisch spielten die Briten immer eine Sonderrolle in Europa. Ihre bekanntesten Komponisten begründeten keine Schule, sondern waren große Individualisten. Auch Harrison Birtwistle - ein Komponist, der immer zu vermitteln versucht hat - zählt dazu. Am 15. Juli feiert er seinen 85. Geburtstag.

From ancient Greek drama until today, music has often been an integral part of the theatre and it's where many concert hall staples - think Beethoven's Egmont... Schubert's Rosamunde... Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream.... Grieg's Peer Gynt - began life. But does the very act of collaboration make incidental music a sort of anaemic, second rate cousin to symphonies, string quartets and sonatas? To help find answers, Tom Service enlists the help of theatre director Elle While and Harrison Birtwistle, whose music was so vital to the 1983 landmark Peter Hall National Theatre production of Aeschylus's The Oresteia. David Papp (producer)

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I programmet diskuteras Bachs franska sviter med Ashkenazy, Vivaldis och Haydns Årstiderna; violinkonserter resp. oratorium samt Stravinskys Historien om en soldat. Magnus väljer ur 1900-talsboxar. I panelen Bodil Asketorp, Hanns Rodell och skådespelaren Katarina Ewerlöf som tillsammans med programledaren Magnus Lindman betygsätter följande skivor: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Franska sviterna Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 00289 483 2150 JOSEPH HAYDN Årstiderna Carolyn Sampson, Jeremy Ovenden, Andrew Foster-Williams National Forum of Music Choir Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra Gabrieli Consort and Players Paul McCreesh, dirigent Signum SIG CD 480 ANTONIO VIVALDI FRANTISEK JIRÁNEK De fyra årstiderna Violinkonsert d-moll Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor, dirigent Challenge Classics CCD 72700 IGOR STRAVINSKY Historien om en soldat Harriet Walter, Harrison Birtwistle, George Benjamin Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble Oliver Knussen, dirigent Linn CKD 552 Referensen Vivaldi Magnus refererar till och jämför med en inspelning av Vivaldis Årstiderna med violinisten Alan Loveday och Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields, allt under ledning av Neville Marriner. Inspelad på skivmärke Argo. Magnus val Magnus väljer och spelar valda delar ur två (!) boxar med 28 resp. 26 CD; Shaping the Century vol 1, 1900-1949 och vol 2, 1950-2000, vilka innehåller 1900-talsmusik av olika karaktär och upphov. Alla inspelade på Decca och DG och är utgivna på dito.  Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Vivaldis Årstiderna med Nils Erik Sparf och Drottningholms barockensemble inspelad på Bis; Fabio Biondi och Europa Galante på Opus 111; Il Giardino armonico på Teldec samt med Alan Loveday och Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields allt under Neville Marriner på Argo (Referensen). Stravinskys Historien om en soldat med Gérard och Guillaume Depardieu som Djävulen respektive Soldaten och med Shlomo Mintz vid rodret utgiven på märket Valois. Bachs franska sviter med Glenn Gould på skivmärket Sony Classical, Andrej Gavrilov på DG samt med András Schiff på Decca. Haydns Årstiderna med bl.a. Marlis Petersen, RIAS kammarkör och Freiburgs barockorkester allt under René Jacobs på Harmonia Mundi  samt med bl.a. Barbara Bonney, Monteverdi-kören och Engelska barocksolisterna ledda av John Eliot Gardiner på Archiv.  Inget Svep denna vecka

Over the last 20 years Mark Padmore has established a reputation as one of Britain's most outstanding tenors. His performances combine emotional power with intellectual rigour; and he's not afraid to take risks by appearing in challenging new productions. He travels the world performing repertoire that includes Schubert lieder, Handel and Harrison Birtwistle, and many leading contemporary composers have written pieces especially for his voice. What makes Mark Padmore especially fitting as an Easter guest for Private Passions is his mastery of the role of the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew and St John Passions. In Private Passions he talks to Michael Berkeley about why there is always something new to discover in Bach's Passions, and reflects on the extraordinary fact that Bach himself only heard the St John Passion four times. He reveals - and sings - his favourite, haunting lines of Schubert. He introduces us too to other composers whose work excites him; we hear songs by John Cage and Ryan Wigglesworth and an exuberant percussion piece by the Serbian composer Nebojsa Zivkovic. And Padmore confesses that if he hadn't been a singer, he would have liked to be ... a thatcher. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch speaks to German-born Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger ahead of his upcoming performance at London's Wigmore Hall. Known for the brilliance of his Beethoven playing, he talks about why the composer's music embodies the very best human ideals, why pianists need to learn to breathe and why he's removing himself completely from the internet. Benedictine monks in monasteries all over the UK and around the world structure their whole day around the singing of plainchant - five or six times a day they gather together and sing the psalms. Sara visits Downside Abbey in Somerset to experience first hand the musical life of monks. People often have a very traditional view of brass band music, yet composers from Harrison Birtwistle to Hans Werner Henze not to mention young contemporary composers have all written for bands. The composers Edward Gregson and Lucy Pankhurst reveal the cutting edge of brass band composition. And Viviana Durante - former Royal Ballet principal and mentor on BBC4's BBC Young Dancer programme - talks to Sara about the show and the prospects for young dancers today.

Werke von Wolfgang Rihm, Hans Abrahamsen, Toshio Hosokawa, Brian Ferneyhough, Brice Pauset, Mark Andre, Marco Stroppa, Liza Lim, Harrison Birtwistle, Hilda Paredes, James Clarke, Georg Friedrich Haas, Uri Caine und Johannes Maria Staud

Harrison Birtwistle, Daniel Harding and principal 2nd violin David Alberman discuss Birtwistle's seminal work "Earth Dances".

Harrison Birtwistle, Daniel Harding, and principal 2nd violin David Alberman discuss Birtwistle's compositional process.

Fellow Lancastrians Harrison Birtwistle and bass John Tomlinson talk about three-decades of creative collaboration, including the operatic roles Birtwistle, alongside librettist David Harsent, created especially for Tomlinson. The first was in 1991: the Green Knight and Bertilak in 'Gawain' and the second, the title role in 'The Minotaur' from 2007. But their collaboration goes back further still – to the recording of Birtwistle’s first opera in 1979.

As part of the Inaugural Humanitas Visiting Series in Vocal Music, Sir John Tomlinson took part in three events: the first was a recital entitled "Michelangelo in Song", the second a conversation on the construction of the role of Wotan with Patrick Carnery. This video shows Sir John Tomlinson in conversation with composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle about the construction of the role of the Minotaur. The session was chaired by Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford). During the event, 2 shorts videos from the production of "The Minotaur" at the Royal Opera House were shown. Here are the links: 1. The rape scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh_Fo7tp7kg 2. The death of the Minotaur: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7mZICyEwA

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The composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle discusses his music as a season celebrating his 80th birthday begins at London's Southbank Centre. Iain Lee reviews The Grandmaster, the new film from Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, which traces the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, who taught Bruce Lee. Boyd Hilton receommends the boxsets that should be making their way into stockings this Christmas. "Great Hera!" - Jill Lepore, author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, discusses the strange origins of this female superhero inspired by early 20th century feminism and created by man. Producer: Ellie Bury Presenter: Samira Ahmed.

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music deserves to be heard more often. The music of this week's Proms Composer, Harrison Birtwistle, is as uncompromising as the man himself. 80 years old this year, he has written widely in many genres, and is an icon of contemporary music in the UK and

Sara Mohr-Pietsch travels to Wiltshire, and the home of Sir Harrison Birtwistle who celebrates his 80th birthday in 2014. In his bespoke garden shed, Harry, as he's known, talks to Sara about the writing process, sleeping on the sofa and the influence of John Wayne.

"The Ring Dance of the Nazarene"; Drei Motetten aus "The Last Supper"; "Carmen Paschale"; Lullaby; "On the Sheer Threshold of the night"; "The Moth Requiem" | BBC Singers | The Nash Ensemble | Leitung: Nicholas Kok

Professor Oliver Taplin explains the significance of music and poetry in Peter Hall's 1981 production of Aeschylus' The Oresteia, which used Tony Harrison's translation of the text and music composed by Harrison Birtwistle.

A showcase of key objects from National Theatre productions featuring the boobam, one of the musical instruments used in the 1981 production of Aeschylus' The Oresteia, directed by Peter Hall with music composed by Harrison Birtwistle and masks designed by Jocelyn Herbert for the same production, alongside the set model designed by Paul Brown for the 2008 production of Sophocles' Oedipus, directed by Jonathan Kent.

Pianist Joanna MacGregor celebrates Harrison Birtwistle’s The Triumph of Time, an orchestral work she describes as “sculpted, dream-like and mesmeric”; Paul Griffiths remembers the London premiere and how it marked a new departure for the composer, and Birtwistle himself reflects on the subject of time in music.

Harrison Birtwistle, David Matthews and Poul Ruders: the Contemporary category from the 2011 Gramophone Classical Music Awards

Greetings! So, now we're a baker's dozen episodes in and there's 283 of you fine folks on board worldwide as subscribers.  Again, many thanks!   I hope you're enjoying the programs and should you have any suggestions or comments as to what you're hearing or what you'd like to hear, please feel free to get in touch. Until next time, Take care. Joel Now Playing: Messenger of the Sun - Cyrille Verdeaux http://www.clearlight888music.com/catalog.htm Episode 13 PTE Playlist Inverting The Sphere - Eric Glick Rieman - Trilogy From The Outside - self-release (2009) http://www.myspace.com/ericglickrieman Aime Moie - Etans Donnes - Bleu - STAALPLAAT (1993) http://etant-donnes.com Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum - composer: Harrison Birtwistle / ensemble: Alarm Will Sound - A/rhythmia - Nonesuch (2009) http://www.alarmwillsound.com/recordings.html Porcelain - Demians - Mute - InsideOut Music (2010) http://www.myspace.com/demiansmusic Fractured Bronze - Marc Barreca - Subterranean - Palace of Lights (2010) http://www.palaceoflights.com Abandoned Mines - Barry Cleveland - Hologramatron - Moonjune Records (2010) http://www.barrycleveland.com/ Le Provence - 7 for 4 - Contact Streetlife Studios (2001) http://www.7for4.de broken aphorism_15 [-=]  - Anti-Social Music - Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore Innova (2010) http://www.patmuchmore.com/FractureCD.html Journey Stars Beyond - Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-set Arkestra - Detroit Jazz Center 1980 Art Yard (2010) http://www.reusa.com Aviation - Elephant9 - Walk The Nile - Rune Gramofon (2010) http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/elephant9/rcd-2095-elephant9_-walk-the-nile Heyday - Kombinat M - Hybrid Beat - Cuneiform Records (1993) http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2598 Material Real - Allan Holdsworth - Road Games - Warner Bros. (1983) http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5287 Plasmodium Falciparum - Local 7  - Substrat - Musea (2002) http://www.dprp.net/reviews/0211.htm In The Darkness - Steven Schoenberg - Live: An Improvisational Journey - JKN (2010) http://www.stevenschoenberg.com/

"The sun's shining, I'm wearing my sombrero, and through my open window floats the gentle splosh and gurgle of folk falling into the river — all of which can mean only one thing: summer's here! So buckle on your flip-flops, crank the ghettoblaster up to eleven, pop open a bottle of 1994 Châteauneuf-du-Pape and kick back to the balmy sounds of the UNITY GAIN TEMPLE SUMMER SYNCRETASM!"   Unity Gain Temple is a full-time member of Communty (Massive Sonoral Carpets, Nefarious International Manoeuvres, Looting, Banditry, Ambushes, Car-Jacking, Physical Attacks and Killings). You can email him here.   Tracklisting: Kaija Saariaho – Jardin Secret I Denis Smalley – Wind Chimes Thomas Köner – Nival George Benjamin – Octet Brian Ferneyhough – Funerailles Gareth Loy – Nekyia György Ligeti – Glissandi Morton Subotnick – Silver Apples of the Moon Pierre Boulez – Sur incises Erik Bergman – Silence and Eruptions Edgard Varèse – 1st interpolation of organized sound (from Déserts) Arnold Schoenberg – Vorgefühle (from Five Pieces for Orchestra) Erik Bergman – Triumf att finnas till Iannis Xenakis – Polytope de Montreal Jonathan Harvey – Mortuos piango, vivos voco Anton Webern – Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 10 Brian Eno – 1/1 from Ambient 1: Music For Airports Surgeon – Force & Form Remakes (Surgeon Remake 1) Antony & The Johnsons – Hope There's Someone Pierre Boulez – Pli selon pli Storm – No More Words (Part 3) Jeff Mills – Changes of Life 3MB – Jazz Is The Teacher (Magic Juan Mix) Basic Channel – Octagon Thomas Köner – Permafrost Edgard Varèse – 3rd interpolation of organized sound (from Déserts) Carl Michael von Hauswolff – A Quite Faster Spirit With Some Low Cyclic Interference Set Fire To Flames – Holy Throat Hiss Tracts To The Sedative Hypnotic Peter Warlock – The Shrouding of the Duchess of Malfi Wendy Carlos – Tron Scherzo George Crumb – Pastoral Drone Gustav Mahler – Allegro energico, ma non troppo (from Symphony no. 6 in A minor) Big Pun – Beware Dr Dre – Forgot About Dre N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton Bernard Parmegiani – Étude Élastique Hervé Boghossian – Organe ouvert Arnold Dreyblatt – Nodal Excitation T. S. Eliot – The Wasteland Samla Mammas Manna – Kom Lite Närmare All Saints – Pure Shores Olivier Messiaen – Combat de la mort et de la vie (from Les corps glorieux) Luciano Berio – In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (from Sinfonia) Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5 Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ Johann Sebastian Bach – Allemande (from French Suite No. 6 in E major) Beaks – Crow Olivier Messiaen – Transports de joie d'un âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne (from L'Ascension) Olivier Messiaen – Les Yeux dans les roues (from Livre d'orgue) Olivier Messiaen – Sortie (le vent de l'Esprit) (from Messe de la Pentecôte) Pimsleur Language Program – Swedish Genesis – Dancing With The Moonlit Knight Hildegard Westerkamp – Delhi B John Cage – Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake Dave Phillips – emf (from IIIII) Dave Phillips – Untitled (from IIII) Jeff Wayne – Dead London Hildegard Westerkamp – Into The Labyrinth Ono Gagaku Kaï Society – Etenlaku Keiji Haino, Derek Bailey – Boka Ga NeJirekireru To Ai Salvatore Sciarrino – Studi per l’intonazione del mare Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gesang Der Jünglinge Jean-Claude Risset – Mutations Giacinto Scelsi – Ko–Tha Iannis Xenakis – GENDY3 Iannis Xenakis – À R. George Crumb – Se ha llenado de luces mi corazón de seda (from Ancient Voices of Children) Alban Berg – Rondo ritmico con introduzione (from Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments) Bernard Parmegiani – L'oscillée Harrison Birtwistle – Secret Theatre Steely Dan – Time Out Of Mind Anton Webern – Christus factus est (from Five Canons, op. 16) Borbetomagus – Concordat Jam 12 Ornette Coleman – Tomorrow is the Question Bertrand Russell – Speaking Personally Keith Hudson – Part 1-2 Dubwise Horace Andy – I Feel Good All Over Linval Thompson – Dubbing Feet Prince Far I – Cry Tuff And The Originals Chris Pattern – Alpine Field Recording Louis Andriessen – Hoketus Joni Mitchell – Hejira Monica Zetterlund – Sakta Vi Gå Genom Stan Carole King – Tapestry Donald Fagen – Maxine Toru Takemitsu – Soundtrack from Woman In The Dunes Caravan – Golf Girl Einstürzende Neubauten – Trinklied Burning Spear – Ethiopians Live It Out Albert Ayler – The Wizard Caravan – Winter Wine Luciano Berio – Sequenza XI for guitar Picchio dal Pozzo – Seppia Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion Track Ghost – Bee Fiddler Igor Stravinsky – Ebony Concerto Mika Vainio – Colour Of Plants Luciano Berio – Sequenza VII for oboe Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis Global Communication – 14:31 Angelo Badalamenti – Audrey's Dance

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the most-recorded saxophonist in the world. Inspired by Duke Ellington and encouraged by Jack Brymer, John Harle is equally at home playing jazz or classical music. He once marched with the Coldstream Guards, but left to test himself against other musicians at the Royal College of Music, gaining 100% in his final exam. As a composer he has collaborated with among others, Paul McCartney and Harrison Birtwistle, and his first opera is premiered this week.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Hunting Song by Pentangle Book: The Aesthetics of Music by Roger Scruton Luxury: Lute and strings

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the most-recorded saxophonist in the world. Inspired by Duke Ellington and encouraged by Jack Brymer, John Harle is equally at home playing jazz or classical music. He once marched with the Coldstream Guards, but left to test himself against other musicians at the Royal College of Music, gaining 100% in his final exam. As a composer he has collaborated with among others, Paul McCartney and Harrison Birtwistle, and his first opera is premiered this week. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Hunting Song by Pentangle Book: The Aesthetics of Music by Roger Scruton Luxury: Lute and strings