Andrew Burton introduces music first performed in 1967, including three major works commissioned for the 125th anniversary season of the New York Philharmonic.
Copland Inscape
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Maxwell Davies Antechrist The Fires of London, conducted by the Composer Takemitsu November Steps
Katsuya Yokoyama (shakuhachi), Kinshi Tsuruta (biwa), Saito Kinen Orchestra, conductor Seji Ozawa Lennon/McCartney Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
Gerhard Symphony No 4 (New York) Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, conductor Victor Pablo Perez
Producer Philip Tagney
SOUNDING THE CENTURY