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BBC Proms1995

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

From the Royal
Albert Hall, London.
A wide-ranging evening, including traditional music from Africa and, after the interval, a new percussion concerto for an American virtuoso.
Hilliard Ensemble
Venancio Mbande (timbila) Hague Percussion Group Busnois In hydraulis
Machaut Messe de Notre
Dame
Xenakis Okho
Trad Timbila music from
Mozambique
8.50 Sarah Walker meets
James Wood and members of Critical Band to find out about the work of the group.
9.10 Critical Band, conductor James Wood
Steven Schick (percussion) Andrew Ball (piano)
James Wood Two men meet, each presuming the other to be from a distant planet (BBC commission, first performance)
Messiaen Couleurs de la cite celeste

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Unknown:
James Wood
Conductor:
James Wood
Conductor:
Steven Schick
Piano:
Andrew Ball
Piano:
James Wood Two
Unknown:
Messiaen Couleurs
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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