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Sound Frontiers: Southbank Sinfonia, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Maxime Tortelier conducts the Southbank Sinfonia. Boulez: Memoriale. Shostakovich: Symphony No 14. Plus Ades and Strauss from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

Sound Frontiers: as part of Radio 3 live at Southbank Centre, the Southbank Sinfonia, conducted by Maxime Tortelier, perform Boulez's delicate MΓ©moriale for flute and chamber ensemble and Shostakovich's death-haunted song-cycle, his Symphony No 14.

Boulez: MΓ©moriale
Shostakovich: Symphony No 14

Helena Gourd (flute)
Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano)
Jihoon Kim (bass)
Southbank Sinfonia
Maxime Tortelier (conductor)

Photo of Southbank Sinfonia (c) Matt Belcher

Followed at 8:30pm by a recording made in April 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall, featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Thomas Adès: Asyla
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Op.40

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
François-Xavier Roth (conductor).

2 hours, 25 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Sep 2016 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pierre Boulez

    MΓ©moriale (explosante-fixe)

    Performer: Helena Gourd. Orchestra: Southbank Sinfonia. Conductor: Maxime Tortelier.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 14

    Orchestra: Southbank Sinfonia. Conductor: Maxime Tortelier. Singer: Anush Hovhannisyan. Singer: Jihoon Kim.

  • Thomas AdΓ¨s

    Asyla

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: FranΓ§ois‐Xavier Roth.

  • Richard Strauss

    Ein Heldenleben

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: FranΓ§ois‐Xavier Roth.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Sep 2016 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3