Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano) Kenneth Bowen (tenor) BBC Singers
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by Pierre Boulez direct from the Salle Pleyel, Paris Part 1
Ligeti San Francisco Polyphony
Lumsdaine Hagoromo (BBC commission: world premiere)
Hagoromo was commissioned for last year's Promenade Concerts but was not completed in time. It is the last of five works, the first four being Salvation Creek with eagle; Ruhe sanfte , sanfte ruh '; Sunflower; and Evensong, which are different reflections on the idea of grace as it emerges in the 15th-century Noh play Hagoromo.
8.20* Pierre Boulez , in conversation with ANTHONY SARGENT , looks back on his conducting career and explains why it is coming to an end this year.
(First broadcast on BBC Radio London)
8.40* BBC SO in Paris Part 2
Boulez Le soleil des eaux (revised version)
Nono II canto sospeso