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Simon Steen-Andersen's grosso

Tom Service presents a recording of Simon Steen-Andersen's new work grosso, premiered at the Donaueschingen festival in October

Tom Service introduces Simon Steen-Andersen's new work grosso, for amplified quartet, Leslie loudspeakers and orchestra, in the sensational premiere performance at last October's Donaueschingen festival in Germany. Also from Donaueschingen, George Lewis's concerto for symphonic orchestra, improvising human soloist, and improvising AI-pianist: The Reincarnation of Blind Tom was inspired by the extraordinary life of the enslaved nineteenth century pianist and composer Thomas Wiggins, who is, as George Lewis says, "Metaphorically reincarnated as Tom using Artificial Intelligence and his own Voyager interactive "virtual improvisor".
Along with these blockbusters, there's a short work for Conch Shell by Wan Ying and the Colin Currie and his Percussion Quartet play David Horne's Pulse for solo marimba and Aileen Sweeney's Starburst, a work she says "inspired by the astrophysical process of a starburst in which stars are born at a particularly fast rate and also by a well-known brand of fruit-flavoured chewy sweets which I was often partial to on trips to the corner shop as a kid."

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Sat 11 Jan 2025 22:30
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Music Played

  • Stina Stjern

    Rewind Beethoven

    Performer: Stina Stjern.
    • Vivid Peace Restored.
    • SusannaSonata.

  • David Horne

    Pulse for solo marimba

    Performer: Colin Currie.

  • Simon Steen-Andersen

    grosso

    Performer: IRCAM. Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester. Ensemble: Yarn/Wire.

  • Ramunas Motiekaitis

    Snowless in NY 1949

    Ensemble: Apartment House.

  • Wan Ying

    Yan, for sea snail (Conch)

    Performer: Christine Chapman.

  • Aileen Sweeney

    Starburst

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Quartet.

  • George Lewis

    The Reincarnation of Blind Tom

    Performer: Roscoe Mitchell. Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart. Conductor: Susanne Blumenthal.

  • Zane Trow

    Clearaa

    Performer: Zane Trow.
    • For Those Who Hear Actual Voices (20th Anniversary Edition).
    • Room40.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Jan 2025 22:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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