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Manchester Collective

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2021

Live Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: the Manchester Collective and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani play harpsichord concertos by Górecki and Horovitz, along with works by Finnis, Eastman and Tabakova.

Fresh from the release of its debut recording, the dynamic Manchester Collective makes its Proms debut alongside genre-defying harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Elizabeth Alker

Górecki: Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40
Edmund Finnis: The Centre is Everywhere
Julius Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc

8.15: Interval: Elizabeth Alker is joined by the Lancashire born music journalist and radio presenter Stuart Maconie to discuss genre crossing, music and silence.

Dobrinka Tabakova: Suite in Old Style, ‘The Court Jester Amareu’
Joseph Horovitz: Jazz Harpsichord Concerto

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Manchester Collective
Rakhi Singh, violin/director

Fresh from the release of its debut recording, the dynamic Manchester Collective makes its first appearance at the Proms with a programme that draws on the musical past to help imagine a bold musical future. Award-winning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani explodes stereotypes around his instrument in concertos by Joseph Horovitz and Górecki – the former a witty fusion of jazz colours and textures with Classical forms, the latter a musical ‘prank’, motoric and defiantly playful. Also looking back to the 18th century is Dobrinka Tabakova’s Suite in Old Style – a musical homage to Rameau (alias Amareu) that blends folk and Baroque details in its five contrasting movements. The concert also includes music by the black American avant-garde post- Minimalist and gay activist Julius Eastman and Novello Award-nominated composer Edmund Finnis.

2 hours, 29 minutes

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Tue 17 Aug 2021 19:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henryk MikoÅ‚aj Górecki

    Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Edmund Finnis

    The Centre is Everywhere

    Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Julius Eastman

    The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc

    Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in Old Style, 'The Court Jester Amareu'

    Performer: Ruth Gibson. Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in Old Style, 'The Court Jester Amareu'

    Performer: Ruth Gibson. Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Jazz Harpsichord Concerto

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Wojciech Kilar

    Orawa

    Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Rakhi Singh.

  • Sonny Rollins

    Strode Rode

    Performer: Sonny Rollins. Performer: Tommy Flanagan. Performer: Max Roach. Singer: Doug Watkins.
    • Saxophone Colossus.
    • PRESTIGE.
    • 3.

  • Alice Coltrane

    Journey In Satchidananda

    Performer: Pharoah Sanders. Performer: Alice Coltrane.
    • UMG Recordings.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Aug 2021 19:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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