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The Year SOUNDING THE CENTURY

on BBC Radio 3

Natalie Wheen introduces music first performed in 1996, beginning with an opera in the form of a talk show. Mikel Rouse Dennis Cleveland
Mikel Rouse (narrator)
Robin Holloway Concerto for Orchestra No 3 (excerpt)
LSO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Daugherty Rhinestone
Kickstep (Le Tombeau de Liberace) Paul Crossley (piano), London
Sinfonietta, conductor Markus Stenz Mark-Anthony Tumage Elegy for Andy (Blood on the Floor)
John Scofield (guitar), Martin Robertson (saxophone/bass clarinet),
Peter Erskine (drums), Ensemble Modern, conductor Peter Rundel
Stephen Montague Snakebite Orchestra of St John 's, Smith
Square, conductor John Lubbock
Carl Vine Monody David Nuttall (oboe), Australian Youth Orchestra, conductor Diego Masson
John Adams Put Your Loving Arms around Me (Gnarly Buttons)
Michael Collins (clarinet), London
Sinfonietta, conducted by the Composer Producer Edward Blakeman

Contributors

Introduces:
Natalie Wheen
Narrator:
Mikel Rouse
Narrator:
Robin Holloway
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Michael Daugherty Rhinestone
Piano:
Paul Crossley
Conductor:
Markus Stenz
Guitar:
John Scofield
Guitar:
Martin Robertson
Clarinet:
Peter Erskine
Conductor:
Peter Rundel
Conductor:
Stephen Montague
Unknown:
St John
Conductor:
John Lubbock
Oboe:
David Nuttall
Conductor:
Diego Masson
Conductor:
John Adams
Clarinet:
Michael Collins
Producer:
Edward Blakeman

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