About this programme

Live from London's Cadogan Hall, Nicholas Collon conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and London Sinfonietta Voices in music by Alexander Goehr and Oliver Knussen, plus a colourful new piece by Simon Bainbridge - The Garden of Earthly Delights. Presented by Christopher Cook. Huw Watkins (piano), Lucy Schaufer (mezzo), Andrew Watts (countertenor), London Sinfonietta Voices, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conductor Nicholas Collon. Alexander Goehr: ... a musical offering (JSB 1985). Oliver Knussen: Ophelia Dances; Ophelia's Last Dance. Simon Bainbridge: The Garden of Earthly Delights (BBC commission: first performance).