Verses in the Mirror. Symmetry is a fundamental part of Tavener's music, reflecting an eternity within the boundaries of time. Nowhere have these boundaries been more forcibly overstepped than on the Greek island of Patmos, where the exiled apostle John wrote down the Book of Revelation. Nineteen hundred years later, the island became the inspiration for a piano concerto called Palintropos.
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Palintropos Rolf Hind (piano), City of London
Sinfonia, conductor Martyn Brabbins He Hath Entered the Heaven
Oxford Pro Musica Singers, conductor Michael Smedley The Repentant Thief
Andrew Marriner (clarinet),
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight