Verity Sharp investigates the thriving new-music scene in New Zealand, whose composers are little known in the UK. The New Music New Zealand festival held in Edinburgh last year set out to remedy that, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Young , performed five recent works:
Gillian Whitehead Resurgens Jack Body Melodies
Helen Bowater New Year Fanfare
Lyell Cresswell Salm
John Psathas Seikilos (first performance)
Plus a selection of recent CD releases.
Producer Philip Tagney
SOUNDING THE CENTURY