3 new octets

Me, Elizabeth Ogonek and Goncalo Gato handed in our pieces to the BBC on Monday and that ends an intense composing period.

Guildhall composers pieces:

'Octet' - Elizabeth Ogonek
'Vacuum Instability' - Gonçalo Gato
'Bráð': A Glacier´s Requiem - Helgi Ingvarsson (concept courtesy of Friðþjófur Þorsteinsson)

BBC Symphony Orchestra musicians:
Carol Ella (viola)
Michael Clarke (double bass)
Joe Atkins (trumpet)
Peter Davis (clarinet)

Guildhall musicians:
Hunter Noack (piano)
Ching Man Ho (harp)
Jessica Kabirat (flute)
Greg Topping (bassoon)
Agustin Oroczo Martin (trombone)

Richard Baker - conductor.

The rest of the programme:

'Wedding Dances' from the opera Abai - Zhubanov / Hamidi
'The Binding of the Years (UK premiere)' - Deirdre Gribbin
'Symphony No. 7' - Prokofiev

Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alan Buribayev. Finghin Collins - piano.