Judith Weir: Telling the Tale
Earth and Sky
Tuesday 22 January 2008 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)
Earth and Sky
Tom Service presents the world premiere performance of Judith Weir's Concrete, commissioned by the BBC for the occasion. Taking the Barbican itself as its inspiration, this is a large-scale work for chorus, narrator and orchestra, subtitled 'a motet about London'.
Also on the programme is Weir's Moon and Star; a performance of a piece by a composer who Weir cites as a big influence on her own work - Michael Finnissy; highlights of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's learning projects over the weekend, and a look back over 21 years of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's January Composer Weekend.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist:
Weir: Moon and Star
Finnissy: Red Earth
Weir: Concrete (world premiere)
Samuel West (narrator)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
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