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BBC Proms: 2015 Season: Proms Saturday Matinees

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PSM 4: London Sinfonietta

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The London Sinfonietta under Thierry Fischer plays Boulez, Helen Grime and Christian Mason

Live from Cadogan Hall in London, Michael Cox (flute), Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) and the London Sinfonietta under Thierry Fischer play Boulez, Helen Grime and Christian Mason.

Michael Cox, Mark van de Wiel, the London Sinfonietta and Thierry Fischer, live at the BBC Proms. Celebrations for Pierre Boulez's 90th-birthday year reach a climax in this matinee performance, in which contemporary music specialists the London Sinfonietta pair Boulez's own music with that of young British composers Helen Grime and Christian Mason.

Live from Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service


Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale ('... explosante-fixe ...' Originel)
Helen Grime: A Cold Spring
Pierre Boulez: Domaines
Christian Mason: Open to Infinity: a Grain of Sand (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)
Pierre Boulez: Éclat/Multiples

Michael Cox (flute)
Mark van de Wiel (clarinet)
London Sinfonietta
Thierry Fischer conductor

Pierre Boulez's Mémoriale puts the flute in the spotlight, showcasing minutiae of texture and articulation, while in Domaines it's a solo clarinet that gives out a sustained soliloquy. The two contrasting parts of Éclat/Multiples (1970) are theoretically part of a larger work, as yet unfinished by the composer. They make for a striking contrast: the brilliant, glittering colours of Éclat set against the nervy perpetual motion of Multiples.

This Prom will be repeated on Wednesday 2nd September at 2pm.

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All broadcasts from the 121st season of the BBC Proms.

Series of concerts broadcast from Cadogan Hall in London

Series of concerts broadcast from Cadogan Hall in London. The programmes focus on the Baroque and on contemporary music, with new commissions and premieres

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