Hosted by 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne and Radio 3’s Andrew McGregor, the BBC Concert Orchesta under Charles Hazlewood fuses old with new and pop with classical in a concert featuring two world premieres and an array of musical stars including Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory, electronic pioneer Matthew Herbert, Scandinavian singer-songwriter Ane Brun and composer/ conductor Thomas Adès, who each give their own twenty-first-century spin on key works from the baroque era.
Thomas Adès: Three Studies from Couperin
Will Gregory: New Commission (world premiere)
Purcell arr Malene Bay Landin ‘When I am laid in earth’ (from 'Dido and Aeneas')
Marisa Hartanto: 'Rumble to the Past'
Anne-Marie O’Farrell 'Ran Dó Trí '
Matthew Herbert: New Commission (world premiere)
Igor Stravinsky: 'Pulcinella Suite'