Recorded earliertodayatthe Barbican in London. The BCMG perform three Turnage compositions, including The Torn Fields-a song-cycle reflecting on the senseless destruction of the Western Front during the First World War - and Bass Inventions, which revisits the jazz-inspired textures and confrontations of earlier Turnage scores, and spotlights the virtuoso bass player Dave Holland. Presented by John Tusa. Gerald Finley (baritone), Dave Holland
(double bass), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conductor Alexander Briger Tumage Dark Crossing; The Torn Reids; Bass Inventions