Tansy Davies: Re-greening
Mar. 6th, 2016 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylListing to some of the new-ish pieces from last year's proms season, I'm once again struck by just how wonderful Tansy Davies' Re-greening is and what a great companion it is to Mahler's 9th Symphony.
Here's a short BBC film about the piece. It starts with little bit on the genesis of the music, features some of the performaners from the National Youth Orchestra talking about the performance details — Re-greening is intended to be performed without a conductor — followed by the complete proms performance.
It's amazing to watch: to see how well a vast orchestra can work without a conductor and the way the leader passes control to the various principals as different sections come up. It's also good to finally resolve the mystery of choral parts — they're added by members of the orchestra singing to add yet another beguiling layer to toe piece...
Here's a short BBC film about the piece. It starts with little bit on the genesis of the music, features some of the performaners from the National Youth Orchestra talking about the performance details — Re-greening is intended to be performed without a conductor — followed by the complete proms performance.
It's amazing to watch: to see how well a vast orchestra can work without a conductor and the way the leader passes control to the various principals as different sections come up. It's also good to finally resolve the mystery of choral parts — they're added by members of the orchestra singing to add yet another beguiling layer to toe piece...
