The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform a typically adventurous programme, showcasing their unique combination of impressive ability and unending enthusiasm.
In 2020, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.
Messiaen’s ecstatic, Eastern-influenced celebration of love is framed by a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ commission from American talent Nico Muhly and British composer Anna Meredith’s acclaimed tour de force of clapping, stamping, singing and body percussion, first performed earlier the same year by NYO members.
Varèse’s Tuning Up is a tongue-in-cheek parody based on the familiar orchestral strains usually heard on stage only before the conductor arrives.
Presented by Georgia Mann.
Edgard Varèse: Tuning Up
Nico Muhly: Gait (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ commission: London premiere)
Messiaen: TurangalΓ®la Symphony
Anna Meredith: HandsFree
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vassily Petrenko (conductor)
(From Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2012, 4 August)
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Edgard Varèse
Tuning Up
Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. -
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Nico Muhly
Gait
Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. -
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila-symphonie
Performer: Cynthia Millar. Performer: Joanna MacGregor. Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. -
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Anna Meredith
HandsFree
Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
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