Sorabji broadcasts by Jonathan Powell

[ahinton]

Here is a copy of a message to the sorabjigroup from Prof. Marc-André Roberge drawing attention to a most important pair of broadcasts on Radio France of Jonathan Powell playing Sorabji at this year's Radio France Montpellier Festival:


On 21 and 22 November, i.e., next Monday and Tuesday, from 3.02 p.m.
to 5.00 p.m. (local time), France Musique will broadcast the Sorabji
recital given on 24 July 2005 in Montpellier by Jonathan Powell. The
first program will comprise "Gulistan" — Nocturne for Piano, Concerto
da suonare da me solo e senza orchestra, per divertirsi, and Sonata
no. 1; the second will be devoted to "Il gallo d'oro" da Rimsky-
Korsakov: variazioni frivole con una fuga anarchica, eretica e
perversa.

The link to listen to the programs is
<http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-musiques/direct/>; you need
only click on "écouter le direct" at the right of the screen and the
player will appear. From the tests I have made it seems that the
streaming audio is very reliable.

Please note the dates of the recital, which differ by one day from
what Jonathan mentioned in his message of 17 October to the group. A
note at the beginning of the France Musique page says that, owing to
temporary difficulties, there may be some "erreurs de programmes",
for which they apologize. There are indeed weird errors in the
labelling of the works to be performed
<http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-musiques/prgm/index.php?
time=1132527600> and <http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-
musiques/prgm/index.php?time=1132614000>.



All I can say to all those who are or might be interested is that, having attended this recital personally, this vital broadcast must not be missed! Here is Sorabji presented by an extraordinarily commanding pianist who, in "telling it like it is", roundly dismisses so many of the silly myths that have come to cling around Sorabji and his work by giving us these pieces just as they should be - astonishingly accurate textually, wholly in control of the various works' intellectual demands and, above all, powerfully communicative of the dramatic, lyrical and emotional thrust of the four pieces concerned, which span some 60 years of Sorabji's creativity.

Enjoy!

Best,

Alistair

[prometheus]

I just saw this message and opened the link. Just in time to catch Powell being introduced.

Thanks.

[ryguillian]

A recording of the broadcast has been made available on the Web.

—Ryan

[stevie]

A recording of the broadcast has been made available on the Web.

—Ryan

fabulous

[g_s_223]

There's a spurious extra character on the end of the link, here's a fixed link.

[ryguillian]

There's a spurious extra character on the end of the link, here's a fixed link.

Sorry about that; I corrected the mistake.

—Ryan

P.S. I'm also recording today's broadcast.

[ryguillian]

Duxième partie: http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3QEXNJP4QPYYN23NIBPQCOON45

—Ryan