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Shaker Loops

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair John Adams's minimalist masterpiece Shaker Loops with Schumann's Second Symphony in a concert broadcast live from City Halls, Glasgow.

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair John Adams's minimalist masterpiece 'Shaker Loops' with Schumann's Second Symphony in a concert broadcast live from City Halls, Glasgow.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (No 1)
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Schumann: Symphony No 2

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jessica Cottis (conductor)

A study in musical energy, John Adams' 1978 piece for strings 'Shaker Loops' generates waves and oscillations of sound from the simplest of materials. Schumann's Second Symphony, published in 1847, creates its own 19th century energies from the twists and turns of its musical counterpoints.
And this concert, broadcast live from Glasgow's City Halls, the home of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, opens with a dynamic fanfare. Part rebuke, part tribute, the influential American composer Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No 1 was written as a rejoinder to the male-dominated music scene of the 1960s, and a spirited salute to the inspiration of risk-taking women.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 19 Nov 2020 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joan Tower

    Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.

  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.

  • Clara Schumann

    Oh weh des Scheidens, das er tat

    Performer: Susan Gritton. Performer: Eugene Asti.

  • Clara Schumann

    Mein Stern

    Performer: Susan Gritton. Performer: Eugene Asti.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No.2

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.

  • Leos JanÑček

    Glagolitic Mass

    Performer: Jane Parker‐Smith. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury. Singer: Felicity Palmer. Singer: Malcolm King. Singer: Ameral Gunson. Singer: John Mitchinson.
    • Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Sinfonietta.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Andris Nelsons conducts Richard Strauss.
    • Orfeo.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Nov 2020 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3