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Composer: Harrison Birtwistle
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Performer: John Harle (Saxophone)
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Date of broadcast: 16 September 1995

A blaring, blazing concerto from a master of English music. Birtwistle's compositions are often thought 'difficult' but there's no mistaking what he's doing here. His signature powerful orchestral gestures - multiple musical ideas seeming to collide - are set in conflict with an aggressively assertive saxophone taking the role of Pan, the Greek god of the Wild.

Composer: Harrison Birtwistle
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Performer: John Harle (Saxophone)
Performer: Paul Clarvis (Drums)
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Recording date: 16 September 1995
Date of broadcast: 16 September 1995

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