Performance on 3 - Judith Weir: Telling the Tale. Earth and Sky

Judith Weir: Telling the Tale Earth and Sky Tom Service presents the world premiere performance of Judith Weir's Concrete, commissioned by the BBC for the occasion. Taking the Barbican itself as its inspiration, this is a large-scale work for chorus, narrator and orchestra, subtitled 'a motet about London'. Also on the programme is Weir's Moon and Star and a performance of a piece by a composer who Weir cites as a big influence on her own work – Michael Finnissy. Weir: Moon and Star Finnissy: Red Earth Weir: Concrete (world premiere) Samuel West (narrator) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor).