Composer of the Week

John Woolrich (b.1954) 4/5. Machines Implacable and Fragile John Woolrich talks to Donald Macleod about his fascination with ticking and whirring things, and his oboe concerto, in which the crowd (or orchestra) takes up an armory of dustbins, scaffolding bars, car wheel hubs, and sawn-off oxygen cylinders to force the soloist into retreat. Through the dark leaves Eileen Hulse, Adele Eikenes (sopranos) Christine Cairns (mezzo-soprano) The Orchestra of St John's John Lubbock (conductor) Dartington Doubles Composers Ensemble The Barber's Timepiece BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Oboe Concerto Nicholas Daniel (oboe) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor).