Vale of Glamorgan Festival, Steve Reich

Ivan Hewett presents music recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at this year's Vale of Glamorgan Festival, including a world premiere by Mark Bowden and music from Qigang Chen, Music Director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

Plus the 'Hear and Now Fifty': Steve Reich's Different Trains is the first in a new series featuring 50 signal works from the second half of the last century nominated by figures from the world of new music and the arts. Matthew Herbert, electronic music producer and bandleader, gives his take on the continuing relevance of Steve Reich's seminal 1988 piece for tape and string quartet, where recorded speech leads the melodic lines to create a remarkable and evocative atmosphere. The feature includes commentary from the South Bank's Head of Contemporary Culture Gillian Moore, and is followed by the Kronos Quartet's original recording of the work.

John Metcalf: Three Mobiles (for soprano saxophone and string orchestra)
Mark Bowden: Lyra (cello concerto)
Qigang Chen: Wu Xing

Oliver Coates (cello)
Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jean-Michaël Lavoie (conductor)

Steve Reich: Different Trains
Kronos Quartet.