Composers with Celtic roots, James MacMillan and Deirdre Gribbin , are the focus tonight, starting with a studio session of choral works, introduced by Ivan Hewett. This is followed by a Contemporary Music Network tour concert recorded at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank. Presenter Sarah Walker discusses the concert's innovative staging with Deirdre Gribbin and director Lou Stein. James MacMillan A Child's Prayer;
On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Graham FitMn Ending
Deirdre Gribbin Yeats Sang
BBC Singers, conductor Nicholas Kok , Stephen Disley (organ)
MacMillan The Road to Ardtalla; I (A Meditation on lona)
Gribbin Venus Blazing Ernst Kovacic (violin),
Britten Sinfonia , conductor Pierre-Andre Valade Part ... Which Was the Son of.... BBC Singers/Nicholas Kok, Stephen Disley (organ)