
Martland Memorial
Percussionist Colin Currie joins Martyn Brabbins and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO to perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's tribute to Steve Martland, alongside music by Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
Recorded at City Halls Glasgow
Presented by Kate Molleson
Percussionist Colin Currie joins Martyn Brabbins and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO to perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's tribute to Steve Martland, alongside music by Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
Stravinsky: Symphonies of wind instruments
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Martland Memorial
8.05 Interval
Kate Molleson talks to Mark-Anthony Turnage about his memories of Steve Martland.
8.25 Part 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10
"Quirky and volatile" are the characteristics picked up by Mark-Anthony Turnage in his vibrant tribute to friend and fellow composer Steve Martland - an energetic and percussive memorial written for the virtuoso percussionist Colin Currie. In this concert from Glasgow's City Halls Martyn Brabbins also conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO in Shostakovich's Stalin-haunted 10th Symphony, and Stravinsky's Debussy-haunted Symphonies of Wind Instruments.
Photo credit: Linda Nylind
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Martland Memorial
Performer: Colin Currie. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Steve Martland
Principia
Performer: Steve Martland Band. -
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Three Farewells, Chorale
Performer: Nash Ensemble. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.10
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
The Age of Gold - ballet suits, Op.22a
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.- Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 9.
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- Mon 3 Jun 2019 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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