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Processions

Tom Service and composers Daniel Bjarnason and Jordan Dykstra bring the piano to the fore with recent recordings of new music for the instrument including the Brett Dean Concerto.

Tom Service is joined by composers Daniel Bjarnason and Jordan Dykstra for a programme which brings the piano to the fore with recordings of music by both for the instrument, alongside the new Beethoven inspired Brett Dean Concerto, commissioned by Jonathan Biss as a response the ‘Emperor’ Concerto. Also in the programme, music for string quartet by Ana Sokolović and electronics and percussion by Linda Buckley, and songs by John Croft performed by Juliet Fraser, plus a recently commissioned response to lockdown from pianist Duncan Honeybourne.

John Casken: Tempus Pangendi
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
Contemporary Piano Soundbites: Composers in Lockdown 2020

Brett Dean: Piano Concerto, 'Gneixendorf Music - A Winter's Journey' (Premiere)
Jonathan Biss (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Afkham

John Croft: ‘Lost Songs’
No. 1. “ ...Kiss... Began ... Knowledge”
No. 2. “...Desire ...Completely .... If (I Can?)”
Juliet Fraser (soprano)
John Croft (electronics)
Oudom Southammavong (electronics)

Jordan Dykstra: ‘Arrow of Time’
Reinier van Houdt (piano and hand-crank siren)
Jordan Dykstra (field recordings and electronic programming)
Adam Forkner (additional drum programming)

Linda Buckley - “Discordia”
Joby Burgess  percussion (canna sonora)
Linda Buckley electronics

Ana Sokolović: ‘Commedia dell’arte’
“Colombina” (I/2)
“Innamorati” (III/3)
Bozzini Quartet

Daniel Bjarnason: ‘Solitudes’ for piano, prepared piano, orchestra and electronics.
Daníel Bjarnason: Pianos/Electronics
Reykjavík Sinfonia conducted By Daníel Bjarnason

1 hour, 44 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Mar 2021 22:15

Music Played

  • Marco Beltrami

    Wind Haiku

    Performer: Marco Beltrami.
    • The ѿýsman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Varèse Sarabande.
    • 21.
  • John Casken

    Tempus Pangendi

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • Contemporary Piano Soundbites: Composers in Lockdown 2020.
    • Prima Facie.
    • 1.
  • Brett Dean

    Piano Concerto, 'Gneixendorf Music - A Winter's Journey' (2019)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Afkham.
  • John Croft

    Lost Songs, No. 1. "...Kiss... Began ... Knowledge"

    Performer: John Croft. Performer: Oudom Southammavong. Singer: Juliet Fraser.
    • John Croft: Lost Songs.
    • First Hand.
    • 1.
  • John Croft

    Lost Songs, No. 2 "...Desire ...Completely .... If (I Can?)"

    Performer: John Croft. Performer: Oudom Southammavong. Singer: Juliet Fraser.
    • John Croft: Lost Songs.
    • First Hand.
    • 2.
  • Jordan Dykstra

    Arrow of Time

    Performer: Reinier van Houdt. Performer: Jordan Dykstra. Performer: Adam Forkner.
    • The Arrow of Time.
    • New World Records.
    • 5.
  • Linda Buckley

    Discordia

    Performer: Joby Burgess. Performer: Linda Buckley.
    • From Ocean's Floor.
    • NMC.
    • 6.
  • Ana Sokolović

    Commedia Dell'Arte - "Colombina"

    Ensemble: Bozzini Quartet.
    • Short Stories.
    • qb.
    • 4.
  • Ana Sokolović

    Commedia Dell'Arte - "Innamorati"

    Ensemble: Bozzini Quartet.
    • Short Stories.
    • qb.
    • 11.
  • Daníel Bjarnason

    Processions - 1. In Medias Res

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daníel Bjarnason.
    • Processions.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 4.
  • Daníel Bjarnason

    Solitudes

    Performer: Daníel Bjarnason. Orchestra: Reykjavík Sinfonia. Conductor: Daníel Bjarnason.
    • Over Light Earth.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 6-10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Mar 2021 22:15

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