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Colin Currie and friends in recital from the Queen鈥檚 Hall, including a work by Steve Reich dedicated to Scottish-born Colin Currie. From the Edinburgh International Festival 2015.

Every weekday for three weeks, Radio 3 broadcasts one of the stand-out concerts from the Queen鈥檚 Hall recital series over the past decade. Today Donald Macleod introduces Colin Currie and friends in an exhilarating recital from 2015 including Steve Reich鈥檚 Quartet for two vibraphones and two pianos, dedicated to Scottish-born Colin Currie. The recital also includes Adams's work for two pianos, Hallelujah Junction, and a musical response to poetry by Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin. The concert concludes with Bartok's masterpiece for two pianos and percussion.

John Adams: Hallelujah Junction
Steve Reich: Quartet for 2 Vibraphones and 2 Pianos

INTERVAL: Donald Macleod introduces the flamboyant pianist Lang Lang in a recording of Rachmaninov鈥檚 Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op. 36

Rolf Wallin: Realismos m谩gicos
Bartok: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Colin Currie - percussion
Sam Walton - percussion
Philip Moore - piano
Simon Crawford Philips 鈥� piano

Photograph - Linda Nylind

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Tue 11 Aug 2020 11:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Adams

    Hallelujah Junction

    Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips. Performer: Philip Moore.

  • Steve Reich

    Quartet for 2 Vibraphones and 2 Pianos

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton. Performer: Philip Moore. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op. 36

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Live at Seiji Ozawa Hall.
    • Telarc.

  • Rolf Wallin

    Realismos m谩gicos

    Performer: Colin Currie.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton. Performer: Philip Moore. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.

  • George Frideric Handel

    What though I trace each herb and flow'r (Solomon)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Daniel Reuss.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Aug 2020 11:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3