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Harrison Birtwistle at 60

BBC Radio 3
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Stephen Plaistow presents a concert by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group including two important Birtwistle pieces which have a connection with his opera The Mask of Orpheus, and discusses the composer with the conductor Simon Rattle.
Colin Matthews also introduces his new BCMG commission, and the concert ends with a staged performance of a unique music theatre piece.

Mary King (mezzo) Peter Hall and Nigel Robson (tenors) Stephen Roberts (baritone) Terry Edwards (bass)
BBC Singers
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Simon Rattle

Birtwistle fields of Sorrow: Meridian

Colin Matthews... through the glass (first performance)

Stravinsky Renard

Contributors

Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Colin Matthews
Mezzo:
Mary King
Tenor:
Peter Hall
Tenor:
Nigel Robson
Baritone:
Stephen Roberts
Bass:
Terry Edwards
Source: Radio Times

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