Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Sound artist Oliver Beer on making ancient pots and buildings sing, and composer Nicola LeFanu at 70.
The composer and artist Oliver Beer discusses his new acoustics project in which he explores the resonant frequencies of the empty spaces of buildings and everyday vessels.
To mark her 70th birthday the composer Nicola LeFanu talks about her career in the world of contemporary classical music, from her childhood making music for the plays she wrote to the recent premiere at the Barbican of her latest large-scale work, The Crimson Bird.
On 17 July 1717 George Frideric Handel premiered his Water Music for King George I, and to mark the 300th anniversary of this musical landmark Front Row has commissioned a new piece by Grace Evangeline Mason, the 2013 winner of the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composer Competition. Before beginning work on the piece she came in to meet John and discuss her early ideas.
To celebrate May Day, poet Alison Brackenbury discusses the joy of spring in verse and reads a section of John Clare's The Shepherd's Calendar and her own poem May Day, 1972.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Hannah Robins.
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Oliver Beer
Duration: 10:30
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Nicola LeFanu
Duration: 07:51
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Grace Evangeline Mason
Duration: 08:24
Oliver Beer
Photo credit:
Jerome Weatherald
Oliver Beer: New Performance and Sculpture at the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London until 29 July
Nicola LeFanu
Nicola LeFanu
Photo credit: Michael Lynch
10
May
Invisible Places Birthday Concert
Programme tbc
Goldfield Ensemble
Lyons Concert Hall, York
16
May
May Rain World Premiere
Nicola LeFanu May Rain
(premiere)
Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square
Charlotte Tetley mezzo-soprano
Cayenna Ponchione conductor
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
30
May
The Swan World Premiere
Nicola LeFanu The Swan (premiere)
Jeremy Huw Williams Baritone
Beaumaris Festival,
Beaumaris, Wales
21-22
July
The Green Children
Nicola LeFanu The Green Children
Three Choirs Festival, Worcester
2 September
String Quartet No. 4 World Premiere
Nicola LeFanu String Quartet No. 4 (premiere)
Bingham String Quartet
York
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Interviewed Guest | Oliver Beer |
| Interviewed Guest | Nicola LeFanu |
| Interviewed Guest | Grace Evangeline Mason |
| Interviewed Guest | Alison Brackenbury |
| Presenter | John Wilson |
| Producer | Hannah Robins |
Broadcast
- Mon 1 May 2017 19:15BBC Radio 4
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