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New Year, New Music

Â鶹Éç Radio 3 celebrates new music at New Year as its presenters champion the new music they love, including works by Larry Goves, Cassandra Miller, Gavin Bryars and George Benjamin.

New Year New Music
Â鶹Éç Radio 3 celebrates new music at the beginning of the new year as ten of the station’s presenters champion the music they love written in the last ten years. Ten works by composers including Larry Goves, Cassandra Miller, Gavin Bryars and George Benjamin are advocated by ten presenters including Sarah Walker, Tom Service, Elizabeth Alker, Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor.

George Benjamin: Written on Skin (Act 1 Scenes 5 & 6)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by George Benjamin

Larry Goves: Hollow yellow willow for orchestra
Â鶹Éç Philharmonic conducted by Mark Heron

Gavin Bryars: Credo from the Worcester Ladymass
Trio Mediaeval

Cassandra Miller: Duet for cello and orchestra
Charles Curtis (cello)
Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov

Hans Abrahamsen: ‘I will go out now’ from Let Me Tell You
Barbara Hannigan (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons

Edmund Finnis: Elsewhere
Daniel Pioro (violin)

James MacMillan: Stabat Mater
The Sixteen and Britten Sinfonia
conducted by Harry Christophers

Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Aeriality
Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov

Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 excerpt
BCMG conducted by Thomas Ades

Kerry Andrew: Apples, Plums, Cherries
Juice vocal ensemble

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Jan 2019 22:00

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Jan 2019 22:00

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