Release Date: 4 January 2002
Vic Hoyland's energetic and forceful work, In transit, pitches massive orchestral forces against each other; the central mood of the work has been described by the composer as 'a joy in generating energy – making numbers dance'.
The joint inspirations for Vixen are Hoyland's earlier work Fox, an 11th-century Persian philosopher, and the intricate geometries of Muslim architecture. This wide-ranging work for large orchestra contrasts the dark and sensuous orchestral textures of Mahler with exotically Messiaenic percussion.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
AUDIO
REVIEWS
'Joyous and ecstatic and searching and evanescent by turns... primitive energy conveyed with the crushing force of a musical juggernaut.' BBC Music Magazine
FUNDERS
Produced in association with BBC Radio 3.
RECORDING CREDIT
All works were recorded on 18-20 April 2000
Mike Clements Recording Engineer
Anthony Burton Recording Producer
Marian Tryggvason Editing & mastering
(P) 2002 NMC Recordings
© 2002 NMC Recordings
Catalogue number: NMC D072
Release Date: 4 January 2002