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A concert recorded last week at the Barbican
Concert Hall, London. Introduced by Catherine Bott. A passionate choral plea for peace, and an idyll by an English composer who was to die in the First World War join the symphony Sibelius wrote in 1915. Michael Nyman 's new work sets texts written by Iraqi poet Jamal Juma , who was conscripted to the Iraqi army in the first Gulf War. BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Storgards Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Michael Nyman A Handshake in the Dark Schoenberg Friede auf Erden Sibelius Symphony No 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
Catherine Bott.
Unknown:
Michael Nyman
Unknown:
Jamal Juma
Conductor:
John Storgards
Unknown:
Michael Nyman
Unknown:
Schoenberg Friede
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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