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Hear and Now: The New Celts

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The New Celts

28/08/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, The New Celts

Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO in works by Scottish and Irish composers.

Presented by Tom Service. Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in premieres of recent works by Martin Suckling, James Clapperton, David Fennessy and David Horne.

'The New Celts': Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a concert of recent works by Scottish and Irish composers, given in June at City Halls, Glasgow. 

Martin Suckling: Breathe
James Clapperton: Songs and Dances of Death
David Fennessy: This is How it Feels (Another Bolero)
David Horne: Submergence

Plus Jonathan Harvey's 'Speakings', from the BBC SSO's new disc of orchestral music by their former Composer-in-Association.

Introduced by Tom Service.

CD Details: Jonathan Harvey - Speakings
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
AEON (AECD1090) Tracks 3 - 5

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