Mark-Anthony Turnage (b 1960)

Donald Macleod is joined by the composer Mark-Anthony Turnage


Mark-Anthony Turnage is a man with a reputation for shaking up
the world of British classical music - a composer with a
distinctive and rebellious creative voice. His work vividly fuses
influences of jazz, soul and contemporary pop with music that
remains boldly and defiantly avant-garde. It’s music that packs a
punch, yet whose visceral impact accompanies a deep lyricism and
emotion. Over four decades, Turnage’s work has tackled social
commentary: domestic violence, drug abuse, and the refugee
crisis. But he’s also a composer with a subversive streak, with
an opera exploring the life of former Playboy model Anna-Nicole
Smith, and orchestral pieces inspired by his beloved Arsenal
football club and pop superstar Beyoncé.


Music Featured:


Greek, Act 1: Breakfast Quartet On Opened Ground (1st mvt) Night
Dances (3rd mvt, Nocturne) Greek, Act 1: Prologue and Wine Bar
Music; Act 2: Journey to the Sphinx… Three Farewells (All Will Be
Well) Blood On The Floor (Blood On The Floor) Set To Three
Screaming Popes Twice Through The Heart (Part Two) Your Rockaby
(excerpt) True life stories (Tune for Toru) The Silver Tassie,
Act 1: Oh Bring To Me A Pint Of Wine Slide Stride The Silver
Tassie, Act 2, Scene 2 (excerpt) The Silver Tassie, Act 4 Scene 3
Scorched (Let’s Say We Did) Remembering (4th mvt) Hammered Out
From The Wreckage Anna Nicole, Act 1 (excerpt) Texan Tenebrae
Twisted Blues With Twisted Ballad (Reflections on “Stairway To
Heaven” by Led Zeppelin) Milo, for solo cello Piano Concerto (2nd
mvt, "Last Lullaby For Hans") UNDANCE (excerpts) Concerto for Two
Violins "Shadow Walker" (2nd & 3rd mvts) Speranza (4th mvt,
Tikvah)


Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Steven Rajam, for BBC
Wales


For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for Mark-Anthony Turnage (b
1960) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00126xb


And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve
featured on Composer of the Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z