New Music with Jack Sheen and the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Discover new music and soundworlds with the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra!
Conductor Jack Sheen returns to the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra with four works – all receiving their UK premieres. Polish composer Lidia ZieliÅ„ska explores dramatic contrasts. German composer Beat Furrer challenges soloist and orchestra in his virtuosic Piano Concerto. Italian Francesca Verunelli uses a detuned piano to destabilise our ears in Tune and Retune, and Øyvind Torvund takes us on quirky walk in a forest, complete with birdsong.
Programme:
Lidia Zielińska Melodramat (UK premiere)
Beat Furrer Piano Concerto (UK premiere)
Francesca Verunelli Tune and retune (UK premiere)
Øyvind Torvund Symphonic Poem No. 1, 'Forest Morning' (UK premiere)
Jack Sheen conductor
Nicolas Hodges piano