BRONISLAV GIMPEL (violin) BBC NORTHERN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader REGINALD STEAD conductor BRYDEN THOMSON From the Town Hall, Leeds Part l
Paul Patterson Symphonic Study II (first performance)
This new work by the 23-year-old Derbyshire composer is based on Dante's Inferno. It is in three parts - a jagged opening, leading to a movement of mystical tranquillity, returning to the opening theme.
Paul Patterson studied composition at the Royal Academy with Richard Stoker and afterwards with Richard Rodney Bennett. On Wednesday a new work by Richard Stoker is to have its first broadcast performance in this country - his Violin Sonata, Op 15, at 1.4 in the Music Programme.