Hear And Now

Gordon Downie

Saturday 19 April 2008 22:30-0:00 (Radio 3)

Ivan Hewett presents musical modernism new and old, with classic works of the 1960s alongside new pieces by Downie and Jarrell.

1 hour 30 minutes

Playlist

Presenter: Ivan Hewett
Producer: Philip Tagney

Gordon Downie: Fragments for cello and piano (3:33)
Paul Mefano: Interferences (14:00)
Gordon Downie: piano piece 3 (9:54)
Earle Brown: Novara (6:07)
Gordon Downie: Forms 7: non-mediated forms for 24 instrumentalists (9:56)
Iannis Xenakis: Aktrata (11:23)
Read the programme notes for this concert

John Senter (cello)
Ian Pace (piano)
Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales
Kenneth Woods (conductor)
(Concert recorded at Studio 1, BBC Wales in Cardiff on March 9^th 2008)

Read Kenneth Woods interview with Gordon Downie
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four
(from kennethwoods.net)

Michael Jarrell: Abschied (19:00)
Marino Formenti (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Pascal Rophe

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