A concert recorded earlier this month by the London Sinfonietta under
Oliver Knussen , featuring three premieres.
Mezzo Jean Rigby is the soloist in Jonathan Cole 's BBC commission Assassin Hair, and the concert also features the world premieres of Detlev Glanert 's Secret Room, Peter Maxwell Davies 's Crossing
Kings Reach and his Veni Creator Spiritus. Plus two pieces by George Perle , Critical Moments /and Critical Moments II.
Presented by Sarah Walker in conversation with writer and critic Tom Service. After the concert Tom Service talks to Robert Worby about the Leonardo Press's recent volume of essays and CDs on aspects of English music and the experimental movement of the sixties and seventies.