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Beat Furrer, GF Haas

Tom Service presents the recent UK premieres of two works by Austrian composer Beat Furrer, plus Georg Friedrich Haas from the 2016 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Tom Service presents the recent UK premieres of two works by the Austrian composer and conductor Beat Furrer: his 'Intorno al Bianco' recorded at last Autumn's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, and his large-scale sound-theatre piece FAMA for the London Sinfonietta. Plus 'aus freier lust . . . verbunden' by Furrer's fellow Austrian, Georg Friedrich Haas, which was also performed at last Autumn's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Beat Furrer
Intorno al Bianco
Klangforum Wien

Beat Furrer
Isabelle Menke (voice)
FAMA
London Sinfonietta
Beat Furrer (conductor)

Georg Friedrich Haas
aus freier Lust...verbunden ..
Angelos Kritikos
Trombone Unit Hannover.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Beat Furrer

    Intorno al Bianco

    Ensemble: Klangforum Wien.
  • Beat Furrer

    FAMA

    Ensemble: London Sinfonietta. Singer: Isabelle Menke.
  • Georg Friedrich Haas

    aus freier Lust...verbunden

    Performer: Angelos Kritikos. Ensemble: Hannover Trombone Unit.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Feb 2017 22:00

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