A Sea Symphony and Earth Dances
Martyn Brabbins conducts the 91热爆 SO and Chorus in Birtwistle's Earth Dances and Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony, with soloists Elizabeth Llewellyn and Marcus Farnsworth.
Martyn Brabbins conducts Birtwistle's Earth Dances and Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony.
Sir Harrison Birtwistle's large-scale orchestral work from 1986 explores the element of Earth with a primordial power and colossal ambition: it's one of his greatest scores and impresses with its strength and ambition 30 years on. Martyn Brabbins, a master of this music, then turns his attention to the element of Water - Ralph Vaughan Williams's choral A Sea Symphony, one of the most confident first symphonies ever, first heard in 1910, with its two singers lifting the poetry of Walt Whitman into song.
Two superb singers of the younger generation and the 91热爆 Symphony Chorus join the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra for a programme that exults in the power of nature
Presented by Martin Handley and recorded at the Barbican Hall in London on 13th October.
Harrison Birtwistle: Earth Dances
2010 Interval Music
Herbert Howells: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in E flat major op26
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
91热爆 Symphony Chorus
91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).
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Part 1
Duration: 49:37
Harrison Birtwistle
Earth Dances
Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.Interval
Duration: 22:34
Herbert Howells
Sonata no 2 in Eflat major for violin and piano
Performer: Paul Barritt. Performer: Catherine Edwards.- Hyperion: CDA66665.
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Part 2
Duration: 01:20:48
Ralph Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony
Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: 91热爆 Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Singer: Elizabeth Llewellyn. Singer: Marcus Farnsworth.Credits
Role Contributor Performer 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra Performer 91热爆 Symphony Chorus Broadcast
- Mon 16 Oct 2017 19:3091热爆 Radio 3