Live from the Royal
Festival Hall, London.
Sarah Leonard (soprano) David James (countertenor) BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus conductor Simon Joly
Howard Skempton Lento Ives Three Places in New
England
8.10 During the interval, Ivan Hewett talks to
Gavin Bryars and asks whether the experimental spirit of his early works like 1, 2,
1-2-3-4 has survived since he joined the mainstream with the opera Medea of 1982. 8.30 Gavin Bryars The War in Heaven (BBC commission - first performance)