BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 12 : Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus

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BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 12 : Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
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Title:BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 12 : Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
Genre: Documentary
Air Date: 2009-08-14
Season Number: 63
Episodes Number: 12
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Overview
Charles Hazlewood presents as the Proms mark the 75th birthday of one of Britain's greatest living composers, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, with a rare performance of the central act of his monumental opera The Mask of Orpheus. It is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers and a cast that includes Alan Oke and Christine Rice, and conducted by Martyn Brabbins with Ryan Wigglesworth. Brabbins opens the concert with Popcorn Superhet Receiver by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, a piece which won the Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the 2006 British Composer Awards. Stravinsky's elegant ballet music Apollo contrasts these two contemporary works.
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