Hear and Now - Choral Works, Peter Maxwell Davis

Tom Service introduces choral works by Gabriel Jackson, Michael Zev Gordon and Gyorgy Ligeti, together with a great renaissance masterpiece, from a concert given at this summer''s Cheltenham Festival; and Paul Driver explores what makes modern-day composers continue to look to medieval and renaissance models and vocal textures for inspiration. Gabriel Jackson: Sanctum est verum lumen Ligeti: Lux aeterna Michael Zev Gordon: Allele Tallis: Spem in alium New London Chamber Choir Conducted by James Weeks Plus Sir Peter Maxwell Davies conducts the BBC Philharmonic in his own imaginative and witty mix of old and new, his foxtrot for orchestra on a pavan by John Bull, 'St Thomas Wake'. Playlist: Peter Maxwell Davies: In Nomine II (excerpt) London Sinfonietta / David Atherton Decca 475 6166. Disc 1 Track 10 Peter Maxwell Davies: In Nomine V (excerpt) London Sinfonietta / David Atherton Decca 475 6166. Disc 1 Track 12 Concert items: Gabriel Jackson: Sanctum est verum lumen Ligeti: Lux aeterna Michael Zev Gordon: Allele Tallis: Spem in alium New London Chamber Choir Conducted by James Weeks Recorded at the Cheltenham Festival on the 10 July 2010 Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 90, 1st movt (excerpt) Andras Schiff (piano) ECM 476 6189. Track 1 Goehr: String Quartet No. 3 (excerpt) Lindsay String Quartet Wergo WER 60093 (LP) S2/1 Tye: Dum transisset II (excerpt) Hesperion XX Astree E8708. Track 15 Brian Ferneyhough: Dum transisset I-IV (excerpt) Arditti String Quartet BBC Recording Peter Maxwell Davies: St Thomas Wake BBC Philharmonic / Peter Maxwell Davies Collins Classics 13082. Track 7