Hear and Now

From the Aldeburgh Festival, Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents world premieres of works by Helen Grime, Elliott Carter and Harrison Birtwistle and talks to the composers. Helen Grime: A Cold Spring (world premiere) 9:56 Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Oliver Knussen (conductor) Elliott Carter: On Conversing with Paradise (world premiere) 11:46 Leigh Melrose (baritone) Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Oliver Knussen (conductor) Harrison Birtwistle: The Corridor (world premiere) 48:27 Euridice ...... Elizabeth Atherton (soprano) Orpheus ...... Mark Padmore (tenor) London Sinfonietta Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor).