Beethoven and Henderickx for a striking programme in Brussels

By Pwyll ap Sion, 18 February 2019

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“Let’s hope Henderickx’s concertino is taken up by the present generation of talented harpists”

Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 17 February 2019

Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67

Beethoven, Symphony no. 6 in F major "Pastoral", Op.68

Henderickx, Concertino for harp and orchestra (World premiere)

Agnès Clément, Harp

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Alain Altinoglu, Conductor

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***11

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Eleanor Knight, 22nd March

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**111

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Kevin W Ng, 18th November

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*****

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****1

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Pwyll ap Sion

A composer and musicologist, Pwyll studied music at Oxford and is currently Professor of Music at Bangor University in Wales. He has published several books and articles on the music of Michael Nyman, Steve Reich and Philip Glass and is considered an authority on minimalist and postminimalist music. He writes regularly for Gramophone and Strad magazines, has given talks on Glass and Louis Andriessen for the Barbican’s ‘Total Immersion’ concert series, has been interviewed on BBC Radios 3 and 4, and contributed composer profiles and articles for the BBC Proms.