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Total Immersion: the music of Missy Mazzoli

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dalia Stasevska and Guildhall Musicians perform orchestral and chamber music by Missy Mazzoli, one of the most singular voices of today.

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dalia Stasevska and Guildhall Musicians perform orchestral and chamber music by Missy Mazzoli, one of the most singular, potent voices of today. Pianist, visionary, musical dramatist and Grammy-nominated composer, Missy Mazzoli has been called β€œthe 21st century’s gatecrasher of new classical music”. She’s an artist for whom the personal is political, and in whose hands the intimate stories of modern America take on an epic scale and a global significance. β€œWith each work, I endeavour to provide a new language for thoughts and feelings we suppress in everyday life” she says - β€œto provide space in which we can process the overwhelming nature of the world”.

Family memories, spiralling galaxies and a god of song, tormented by fate. In the orchestral works of Missy Mazzoli, private emotions inspire visions that span time and space. Dalia Stasevska conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra as the composer introduces four of her most powerful (and personal) orchestral pieces.

For Mazzoli, small ensembles unlock infinite possibilities, and her music for ensembles and electronics finds her exploring the wildest reaches of a boundless musical imagination, performed by the superb young artists of Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Recorded at the Barbican Hall, and Milton Court London, on Sunday 25th February 2024. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Missy Mazzoli: Violin Concerto (Procession)*
Elina VΓ€hΓ€lΓ€ (violin)*
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

Missy Mazzoli: Goodness, what powers you possess (from Breaking the Waves, 2016)
Steven van der Linden (tenor)
Violetta Suvini (violin)
Amy-Louise Johnsson (viola)
Spencer Klymyshyn (piano)

Hildegard of Bingen: (arr. Missy Mazzoli) O Frondens Virga
Rachel Roper (mezzo-soprano)
Kosta Popovic (cello)

Missy Mazzoli: A Thousand Tongues
Trio Casella:
Violetta Suvini (violin),
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani (cello)
Luke Lally-Maguire (piano)

Missy Mazzoli: These Worlds In Us
Missy Mazzoli: Orpheus Undone (UK Premiere)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin
Krystof Kohout (violin)

Jessie Montgomery: Lunar Songs
Hannah McKay (soprano)
Elmore Quartet:
Xander Croft (violin)
Miles Ames (violin)
Inis OΓ­rr Asano (viola)
Felix Hughes (cello)
Gabriel Maclel Rodrigues (double bass)

Missy Mazzoli: Harp and Altar
Elmore Quartet:
Xander Croft (violin)
Miles Ames (violin)
Inis OΓ­rr Asano (viola)
Felix Hughes (cello)

Missy Mazzoli: His name is Jan (from Breaking the Waves, 2016)
Steven van der Linden (tenor)
Holy Brown (soprano)
Elmore Quartet:
Xander Croft (violin)
Miles Ames (violin)
Inis OΓ­rr Asano (viola)
Felix Hughes (cello)

Missy Mazzoli: Ecstatic Science
Alex Ho (flute)
Sofia Mekhonoshina (clarinet)
Nina Tyrell (trumpet)
Violetta Suvini (violin)
Izzy Doncaster (viola)
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani (cello)
Richard Benjafield (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Wed 28 Feb 2024 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Violin Concerto 'Procession'

    Performer: Elina VΓ€hΓ€lΓ€. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Goodness, what powers you possess (from Breaking the Waves)

    Performer: Violetta Suvini. Performer: Amy-Louise Johnsson. Performer: Spencer Klymyshyn. Singer: Steven van der Linden.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Frondens Virga

    Performer: Kosta Popović. Music Arranger: Missy Mazzoli. Singer: Rachel Roper.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    A Thousand Tongues

    Performer: Violetta Suvini. Performer: Gabriel Francis-Dehqani. Performer: Luke Lally-Maguire. Ensemble: Trio Casella.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    These Worlds in Us (2006)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Orpheus Undone (2020)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Vespers for Violin

    Performer: KryΕ‘tof Kohout.
    • BIS.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Lunar Songs

    Performer: Xander Croft. Performer: Miles Ames. Performer: Inis Oirr Asano. Performer: Felix Hughes. Performer: Gabriel Maclel Rodrigues. Singer: Hannah Mckay. Ensemble: Elmore Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Harp and Altar (2009)

    Performer: Xander Croft. Performer: Miles Ames. Performer: Inis Oirr Asano. Performer: Felix Hughes. Ensemble: Elmore Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    "His name is Jan" from Breaking the Waves (2016)

    Performer: Xander Croft. Performer: Miles Ames. Performer: Inis Oirr Asano. Performer: Felix Hughes. Singer: Holly Brown. Ensemble: Elmore Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Ecstatic Science

    Performer: Alex Ho. Performer: Sofia Mekhonoshina. Performer: Nina Tyrell. Performer: Violetta Suvini. Performer: Izzy Doncaster. Performer: Gabriel Francis-Dehqani. Conductor: Richard Benjafield.
    • NEW AMSTERDAM.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 6, Op. 30, No. 1: III. Allegretto con variazioni

    Performer: Olivier Charlier. Performer: Emmanuel Strosser.
    • Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano.
    • Mirare.
    • 7.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • In The South.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Feb 2024 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3