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Prom 29 - Varese, Muhly, Messiaen, Anna Meredith

A Prom featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under Vasily Petrenko. Varese: Tuning Up. Muhly: Gait. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony. Anna Meredith: HandsFree.

With Penny Gore
One of the highlights of this year's celebration of youth at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms is the appearance by the brilliant National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain as they scale the heights in Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, an ecstatic song of love.

The huge orchestral forces and soaring solos for the ondes martenot in Messiaen's Tristan-inspired symphony will surely fill the Royal Albert Hall with glorious sounds. Messiaen's twentieth century classic is framed by a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission from one of America's rising talents and Anna Meredith's acclaimed tour de force of clapping, stamping, singing and body percussion, first performed earlier this year by NYO members and commissioned for the PRS for Music Foundation's New Music 20x12 programme as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Varèse: Tuning Up

Nico Muhly: Gait - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Commission, London Premiere

Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony

Anna Meredith: HandsFree

Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vasily Petrenko (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Aug 2012 14:00