Robert Simpson (1921 - 1997)
Part Five
Friday 29 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 5 August 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod concludes his week of conversations with Stephen Johnson, about the life and work of Robert Simpson, with a look at two of Simpson's late works and a discussion of the sense of trajectory in the composer's work.
Playlist
Sonata for Piano (1946)
Raymond Clarke (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66827 tr 1
String Quartet no 15 (1991)
Vanbrugh String Quartet
Gregory Ellis, Elizabeth Charleson (violins);
Simon Aspell (viola); Christopher Marwood (cello)
Hyperion CDA 66626 tr 8 -10
Symphony no 11 (1990)
City of London Sinfonia / Matthew Taylor (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67500 tr 1 + 2
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