Sound Lounge for Friday 21 July 2017

Don’t Panic

Harrison Birtwistle, who stunned Proms audience with Panic in 1993, turns 83 this week. We celebrate with one of his most beautiful works, Earth Dances, described as a Rite Of Spring for the 1980s. Also, John Adams – yes that’s the John Adams – speaks to Eva Radich live on the phone from LA; and Leonie Holmes is touring with the NZSO.

9:00

BACH tr. BIRTWISTLE: Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten BWV690
Trio di Clarone
Avi Music AVI 8553162

HOLMES: Aquae Sulis
New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei
Atoll ACD 819

BIRTWISTLE: Oockooing Bird
Nicolas Hodges (pno)
Metronome MET CD 1074

BIRTWISTLE: Earth Dances
Ensemble Modern Orch cond. Pierre Boulez
DG 477 0702

10:00 John Adams

ADAMS: Shaker Loops (excerpt)
New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart 
RNZ

FRANK ZAPPA: The Restaurant Scene, from 200 Motels (The Suites) (excerpt)
Los Angeles Phil/Los Angeles Master Chorale/Esa-Pekka Salonen

ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – Fanfare for Orchestra (excerpt)
City Of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle
SFS 0053

IVES: A Symphony, New England Holidays (2) (excerpt)
San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas

ADAMS: Nixon in China, Act 1 (excerpt)
John Duykers Mari Opatz (mezzo), Stephanie Friedman (mezzo), Marion Dry (mezzo), Orch of St Luke's/Edo de Waart
Nonesuch 79177

ADAMS: Naive & Sentimental Music (excerpt)
New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart
RNZ

JOHN ADAMS: Movement 3 ‘Scheherazade and the Men with Beards’, from Scheherazade.2
Leila Josefowicz (vln), St Louis Symphony/David Robertson
Nonesuch 7559 79435

11:00 New Music Dreams