30 May 2008
Messiaen at the Bach Festival
Friday 30 May 2008 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)
Suzy Klein introduces a concert given at the Bath Festival on Wednesday in celebration of Messiaen's centenary and the festival's sixtieth birthday. Messiaen's 1944 piece is scored for female voices, orchestra, piano and the unusual-sounding ondes martenot, while Dhafer Youssef's new composition incorporates his distinctive blending of voice and oud.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist:
Dhafer Youssef (voice/oud)
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
Bath Camerata
Wells Cathedral School Chamber Choir
Britten Sinfonia
Diego Masson (conductor)
Dhafer Youssef: New work (BBC Radio 3 commission; world premiere)
Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la presence divine
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