Prom 29: The National Youth Orchestra take on Messiaen's Turangalîla-symphonie

Von Arthur Keegan-Bole, 07 August 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 4 August 2012

Varèse, Tuning Up

Muhly, Gait (BBC commission, London première)

Messiaen, Turangalîla

Meredith, HandsFree

Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot

Joanna MacGregor, Klavier

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

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Penny Homer, 6th August

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Arthur Keegan-Bole

Arthur is a composer currently focusing on opera. His desire to promote contemporary music led him to set up and co-edit The Octogenarian, a light-hearted classical music review pamphlet distributed in Bristol and to curate the annual CMV series of concerts.