Performance on 3 - BBC Philharmonic/HK Gruber

HK Gruber makes his formal debut at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in his new role as the BBC Philharmonic's Composer/Conductor with the UK premiere of his trumpet concerto: 'Busking', performed with soloist HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. He starts his tenure with a programme with a typically 20th Century slant, presenting excerpts from Weill's Threepenny Opera as well as Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements alongside his own work. His own music is strongly influenced by jazz and cabaret, and he is fascinated by the wealth of classical repertoire from the last century which he believes to be under-explored. Busking is a three movement concerto for string orchestra in which the soloist plays on three different trumpets, getting the instruments to variously twang, squeak and squawk, depending which mute is used. Weill - Little Threepenny Music HK Gruber: Busking (UK Premiere) Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements HÃ¥kan Hardenberger (trumpet) BBC Philharmonic HK Gruber (conductor) Followed by a focus on sacred music. Ian Skelly is joined by Harry Christophers, conductor of The Sixteen, to explore some of the music featured in the BBC4 series Sacred Music. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (2nd mov, Denn alles Fleisch) The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor) CORO COR 16050, Tr 2 Bruckner: Tota Pulchra es, Maria (antiphon) The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor) UCJ 4766295, Tr 4 James Macmillan: O bone Jesu The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor)