Musgrave: Phoenix Rising
Sarah-Jayne Porsmoguer, Tim Thorpe, Daniel Trodden, Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi, Simon Wallfisch, Nathan Vale
William Boughton
At 90, Thea Musgrave is a force of nature, her joy in life and music radiating through her varied, unpredictable works. They share a fresh sense of the dramatic, a quirky way of offsetting unexpected...
Musgrave: Phoenix Rising
Sarah-Jayne Porsmoguer, Tim Thorpe, Daniel Trodden, Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi, Simon Wallfisch, Nathan Vale
William Boughton
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At 90, Thea Musgrave is a force of nature, her joy in life and music radiating through her varied, unpredictable works. They share a fresh sense of the dramatic, a quirky way of offsetting unexpected...
About
At the forefront of contemporary music for over six decades, Thea Musgrave is one of the leading composers of her generation. She has conducted many of her own pieces on both sides of the Atlantic. Her vividly imaginative and well-crafted scores resonate with audiences worldwide. Fellow composer Judith Weir has astutely ascribed Musgrave’s exceptionally rich and varied catalogue of works to ‘a capacity for constant self-renewal combined with a shrewd awareness of what is currently happening in musical style’.
Contents and tracklist
- Sarah-Jayne Porsmoguer, Tim Thorpe
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- William Boughton
- Daniel Trodden
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- William Boughton
- Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi, Simon Wallfisch, Nathan Vale
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- William Boughton
- Recorded: 7-8 March, 2018
- Recording Venue: Wyastone Concert Hall, UK
Awards and reviews
February 2019
At 90, Thea Musgrave is a force of nature, her joy in life and music radiating through her varied, unpredictable works. They share a fresh sense of the dramatic, a quirky way of offsetting unexpected sonorities against one another and a clarity of structure and voicing that must keep her performers on their toes…Overall a fine tribute to this splendid, unsinkable composer.
Record Review November 2018
Colourfully brought to life by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by William Boughton… a fine 90th tribute to Thea Musgrave
