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Harrison Birtwistle at 60

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The first of a short series in which Stephen Plaistow introduces music by Birtwistle along with pieces which have influenced the composer's style.
1: Down by the Greenwood Side
Today's context is not perhaps the first to spring to mind: the English Pastoral Tradition.
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas
Tallis
BBC SO, conductor Andrew Davis
Birtwistle Melencolia I
Antony Pay (clarinet) London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Hoist Egdon Heath BBC SO, conductor
Andrew Davis
Birtwistle Silbury Air London Sinfonietta, conductor Elgar Howarth

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Birtwistle Melencolia
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Conductor:
Hoist Egdon Heath
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth
Source: Radio Times

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