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Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: Thierry Escaich Portrait

09/05/2015

Thierry Escaich Portrait

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Thierry Escaich Portrait

Tom Service portrays composer Thierry Escaich at 50, introducing his Miroir d'ombres.

Tom Service portrays composer Thierry Escaich at 50, with works played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales including Miroirs d'ombres, Baroque Song and Vertiges de la croix.

The day after the French composer Thierry Escaich celebrates his 50th birthday, Tom Service portrays his career through works that were specially-recorded at a concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, including Miroirs d'ombres, Baroque Song and Vertiges de la croix.
Tom Service (presenter).

Plus the latest episode of 'Modern Muses', the series where key composers and performers from the world of new music discuss their creative collaborations. Tonight, Thomas Larcher and tenor Mark Padmore on Larcher's 2011 songs 'A Padmore Cycle'.


THIERRY ESCAICH
Baroque Song
Miroir d'ombres
Vertiges de la croix
Adrian Partington (organ)
Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian (violin)
Xavier Phillips (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Franck Ollu (conductor)

Modern Muses: Thomas Larcher and tenor Mark Padmore discuss the creative collaboration behind Larcher's 'A Padmore Cycle'.

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