About the performance
Ravel's poignant Le tombeau de Couperin is a beautifully emotive tribute to friends who died in the First World War; a heartfelt tribute to those who gave their lives during the conflict.
Toshio Hosokawa's recent commissions include works for the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Cleveland Orchestra. An Edinburgh International Festival commission made possible by Donald MacDonald, Blossoming II is a re-working of his 2007 string quartet of the same name, inspired by Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower-arranging. Hosokawa musically depicts the life-cycle of the flower creating what he describes as ‘newly born sounds with a very short life span'.
Written in memory of the composer's father, Requiem is one of Duruflé's best loved works.
Toshio Hosokawa: ‘fascinating, imaginative music' The Times
This concert will be broadcast on 15 September 2011 on BBC Radio 3's Performance on 3.
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