Bath International Music Festival 2006
Joanna MacGregor, Brian Eno and Bath Camerata
Thursday 1 June 2006 19:30-21:00 (Radio 3)
Sarah Walker sets the scene in Bath Abbey for this audacious collaboration between Joanna MacGregor, newly-appointed Artistic Director of the Bath International Music Festival, and innovative musical mastermind Brian Eno.
In this BBC commission, the exquisite acoustic of Bath Abbey becomes a laboratory for one of Eno's typically adventurous musical experiments. Bath Camerata sing 16th century English polyphony, 1930s Californian gospel music, and contemporary choral music from Arvo Pärt and James MacMillan, while MacGregor and Eno give four first performances, including two world premieres. Eno samples and synthesises MacGregor's piano, and the result - a unique fusion of music and sound-art.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist:
Brian Eno
Joanna MacGregor
Bath Camerata
Organ Peter King
Nigel Perrin (Director)
William Byrd: Ne Irascaris
John Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy, Melancholy Galliard
Arvo Pärt: The Beatitudes
Brian Eno/Rick Holland: The Airman, World premiere
Golden Gate Quartet: Listen to the Lambs
John Dowland: Lachrymae, A Piece Without Title
Brian Eno: Music for Airports 1/2, First live performance
Somei Satoh: Incarnation II
Brian Eno: Music for Airports 2/2, First live performance
James MacMillan: O Bone Jesu
Brian Eno/Isaac Rosenberg: August 1914, World premiere
Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium
