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31/10/2011

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The BBC CO under Keith Lockhart and soprano Ilona Domnich in a special Halloween concert.

The BBC Concert Orchestra under Keith Lockhart and soprano Ilona Domnich perform a special Halloween concert, featuring music by Poulenc, Penderecki, Greenwood and Berio.

Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The BBC Concert Orchestra present a spine-chilling Halloween alternative. Poulenc's La Voix Humaine is a classic psychodrama based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau. Soprano Ilona Domnich performs the role of a fragile young woman, thrown into a nightmare as she makes an agonizing last attempt to establish contact with her ex-lover over the telephone. 
Penderecki's Polymorphia for 48 string instruments is famed for its use in films 'The Exorcist' and 'The Shining' and evokes nameless terrors. Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood presents a 21st-century spin on the work in the UK premiere of his 48 Responses to Polymorphia.

The edgy world of contemporary electronica comes into focus with Aphex Twin's Nannou, as orchestrated by Patrick Nunn, before the audience faces the extreme emotions of Berio's spine-tingling electro-acoustic fantasy Visage. This iconic recording features the disturbing and erotically charged vocal improvisations of Cathy Berberian and was originally banned from the airwaves in Italy.

Ilona Domnich (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor Keith Lockhart.

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