Hear and Now

Tom Service talks to American composer George Crumb in his eightieth birthday year. Including music recorded in December 2009 at the Barbican's Total Immersion: George Crumb festival. George Crumb: Haunted Landscape (17:04) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) George Crumb: Makrokosmos Volume 1 (12 fantasy pieces after the Zodiac for amplified piano) (27:43) Joanna McGregor (piano) George Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children (22:31) Louis Watkins (soprano) Anna Patalong (mezzo-soprano) Guildhall New Music Ensemble Richard Baker (conductor).