John Woolrich (b.1954)
Machines Implacable and Fragile
Thursday 6 March 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Thursday 6 March 2008 20:45-21:45 (Radio 3)
John Woolrich talks to Donald Macleod about his fascination with ticking and whirring things, and his oboe concerto, in which the crowd (or orchestra) takes up an armory of dustbins, scaffolding bars, car wheel hubs, and sawn-off oxygen cylinders to force the soloist into retreat.
Playlist
Through the dark leaves
Eileen Hulse (soprano)/ Adele Eikenes (soprano)/ Christine Cairns (mezzo)
The Orchestra of St John's/ John Lubbock(cond)
BBM 1091 tr 17
Dartington Doubles
Composers Ensemble/ Diego Masson (cond)
NMC D029 tr 1
The Barber's Timepiece
BBCSO/ Martyn Brabbins (cond)
NMC D071 tr 1
Oboe Concerto
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Martyn Brabbins (cond)
NMC D071 tr 2-14
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