Ravel, Boulez; BBC Philharmonic, Wigglesworth, Chamayou. Bridgewater Hall.

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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26629
    #16
    Originally posted by kindofblue View Post
    …We heard a Kenneth Hesketh orchestration of the 'Sites Auriculaires' which was fairly interesting but no more…
    Having listened to this concert (broadcast on 11 March as Alison points out above)…

    Radio 3 in Concert - Ravel 150 and Boulez 100 - BBC Sounds
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028lg8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
    The BBC Philharmonic in the first of two concerts celebrating iconic French composers.


    … the most interesting aspect of this ‘world première’ was what wasn’t said in the presentation / interview with the orchestrator - that Ravel himself did the job on the first of the two pieces (‘Habanera’) when he reused it as the third movement of Rapsodie espagnole

    Some superlative orchestral & piano playing on display in this concert, that’s for sure!

    I enjoyed the prominence of the harp - I wonder if that was apparent in the hall, or a product of the sound engineering?

    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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