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CD Review: Proms Composer: Henry Cowell

29/08/2015

Proms Composer: Henry Cowell

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Proms Composer: Henry Cowell

With Andrew McGregor. Including music by Biber, Waxman, John Adams and Bach.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Biber: Missa Salisburgensis. Waxman: Taras Bulba (excerpt); Proms Composer: Henry Cowell. Plus pianist Igor Levit and music by John Adams and Bach.

with Andrew McGregor

0900
Biber: Missa Salisburgensis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall

Waxman: The Ride of the Cossacks, from Taras Bulba
London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Mauceri

0930 Proms Composer: Henry Cowell
Henry Cowell (1897-1965) was an American composer of experimental music and the central figure in a circle of avant-garde composers that included Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varèse, and Ruth Crawford. They were sometimes referred to as "ultra-modernists." In 1936 Cowell was sent to San Quentin State Prison on a "morals" charge involving a 17-year-old male. Despite being granted a pardon in 1942, the experience of prison had a devastating effect on him. And his music became noticeably more conservative soon after his release from San Quentin.

1000
Handel: Scherza infida, from Ariodante
Alice Coote (mezzo)
The English Concert
Harry Bicket

John Adams: Absolute Jest
St Lawrence String Quartet
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas

1030
Andrew talks to pianist Igor Levit about his previous recordings of Bach and Beethoven and his forthcoming release, "Variations", featuring large-scale sets of variations by Bach, Beethoven and Frederic Rzewski.

1110
Gramphone Awards 2015
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'; String Quartet No. 2 in D minor - 3rd mvt
Pavel Haas Quartet

Per Norgard: Symphony No. 8 - 2nd mvt
Vienna Philharmonic
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Schubert: An der Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D614 (Schreiber); Hoffnung, D295
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op.37 - 3rd mvt
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

1150
J S Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV 1052
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Petra Müllejans.

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