In honor of the 6.7 magnitude #earthquake we just had in #SanDiego, here's Harrison Birtwistle's masterpiece "Earth Dances", which IMO could be called "The British 'Rite of Spring'":
#ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical #HarrisonBirtwistle #EarthDances #orchestral
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFy...
#ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical #HarrisonBirtwistle #EarthDances #orchestral
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFy...
Birtwistle: Earth Dances
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April 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In honor of the 6.7 magnitude #earthquake we just had in #SanDiego, here's Harrison Birtwistle's masterpiece "Earth Dances", which IMO could be called "The British 'Rite of Spring'":
#ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical #HarrisonBirtwistle #EarthDances #orchestral
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFy...
#ModernClassical #ContemporaryClassical #HarrisonBirtwistle #EarthDances #orchestral
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFy...
Farewell #HarrisonBirtwistle. But what a legacy. I once asked him why he named a piece of music Silbury Hill, & he told me Peter Maxwell Davies was a tourist. He came with Helen Wickstead to visit our dig at #Stonehenge in 2008 (my photos) @archaeologyuk...
January 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Farewell #HarrisonBirtwistle. But what a legacy. I once asked him why he named a piece of music Silbury Hill, & he told me Peter Maxwell Davies was a tourist. He came with Helen Wickstead to visit our dig at #Stonehenge in 2008 (my photos) @archaeologyuk...
Died #otd Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022), English composer, 3 years ago today #HarrisonBirtwistlelife story...
April 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Died #otd Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022), English composer, 3 years ago today #HarrisonBirtwistlelife story...
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Harrison Birtwistle & Sean Shibe:
🎵 Sleep Song
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #SeanShibe
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Sleep Song
Harrison Birtwistle, Sean Shibe · Birtwistle: Sleep Song · Song · 2026
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June 24, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Harrison Birtwistle & Sean Shibe:
🎵 Sleep Song
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #SeanShibe
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Harrison Birtwistle & Harrison Birtwistle:
🎵 Oockooing Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle
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Oockooing Bird
Harrison Birtwistle, Nicolas Hodges, Claire Edwardes · Harrison Birtwistle: The Axe Manual Complete Piano Works · Song · 2004
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February 26, 2026 at 10:02 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #NightTracks
Harrison Birtwistle & Harrison Birtwistle:
🎵 Oockooing Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle
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▶️ Track on #Spotify:
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Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Scottish Symphony & Ryan Wigglesworth:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCScottishSymphony #RyanWigglesworth
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #NewMusicShow
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Scottish Symphony & Ryan Wigglesworth:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCScottishSymphony #RyanWigglesworth
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Juanjo Mena:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JuanjoMena
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Juanjo Mena:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JuanjoMena
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #NewMusicShow
Harrison Birtwistle, Clare Booth & Nash Ensemble:
🎵 Four Songs of Autumn
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #ClareBooth #NashEnsemble
September 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #NewMusicShow
Harrison Birtwistle, Clare Booth & Nash Ensemble:
🎵 Four Songs of Autumn
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #ClareBooth #NashEnsemble
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #BBCProms
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Ryan Wigglesworth:
🎵 Earth Dances
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #RyanWigglesworth
August 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #BBCProms
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Ryan Wigglesworth:
🎵 Earth Dances
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #RyanWigglesworth
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #BBCProms
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Ryan Wigglesworth:
🎵 Earth Dances
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #RyanWigglesworth
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #BBCProms
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Ryan Wigglesworth:
🎵 Earth Dances
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra #RyanWigglesworth
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #BBCProms
Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble Modern Orchestra & Pierre Boulez:
🎵 Earth Dances
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #EnsembleModernOrchestra #PierreBoulez
July 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #BBCProms
Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble Modern Orchestra & Pierre Boulez:
🎵 Earth Dances
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #EnsembleModernOrchestra #PierreBoulez
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals
Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez:
🎵 Secret Theatre
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #Ensembleintercontemporain #PierreBoulez
July 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals
Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez:
🎵 Secret Theatre
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #Ensembleintercontemporain #PierreBoulez
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals
Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta & David Atherton:
🎵 Punch and Judy - Prologue
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #LondonSinfonietta #DavidAtherton
July 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals
Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta & David Atherton:
🎵 Punch and Judy - Prologue
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #LondonSinfonietta #DavidAtherton
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals
Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez:
🎵 Secret Theatre
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #Ensembleintercontemporain #PierreBoulez
July 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #20thCenturyRadicals
Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble intercontemporain & Pierre Boulez:
🎵 Secret Theatre
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #Ensembleintercontemporain #PierreBoulez
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Juanjo Mena:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JuanjoMena
July 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Juanjo Mena:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JuanjoMena
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Juanjo Mena:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JuanjoMena
April 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThroughTheNight
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Juanjo Mena:
🎵 Night's Black Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #BBCPhilharmonicOrchestra #JuanjoMena
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Harrison Birtwistle & Junyan Chen:
🎵 Oockooing Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #JunyanChen
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Oockooing Bird,
Harrison Birtwistle, Joonas Ahonen · Symmetria Pario: Creation · Song · 2023
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October 23, 2024 at 4:51 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune
Harrison Birtwistle & Junyan Chen:
🎵 Oockooing Bird
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #JunyanChen
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #PrivatePassions
Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta & Elgar Howarth:
🎵 Silbury Air
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #LondonSinfonietta #ElgarHowarth
August 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #PrivatePassions
Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta & Elgar Howarth:
🎵 Silbury Air
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #LondonSinfonietta #ElgarHowarth
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast
Harrison Birtwistle & Nicolas Hodges:
🎵 Berceuse de Jeanne
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #NicolasHodges
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Berceuse de Jeanne
Harrison Birtwistle, Christina McMaster · Song · 2022
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July 15, 2024 at 8:08 AM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast
Harrison Birtwistle & Nicolas Hodges:
🎵 Berceuse de Jeanne
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #NicolasHodges
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast
Harrison Birtwistle & Nicolas Hodges:
🎵 Berceuse de Jeanne
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #NicolasHodges
June 5, 2024 at 6:54 AM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast
Harrison Birtwistle & Nicolas Hodges:
🎵 Berceuse de Jeanne
#BBCRadio3 #HarrisonBirtwistle #NicolasHodges
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #WordsAndMusic
Harrison Birtwistle, Nash Ensemble, BBC Singers & Nicholas Kok:
🎵 The Moth Requiem
#HarrisonBirtwistle #NashEnsemble #BBCSingers #NicholasKok
May 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #WordsAndMusic
Harrison Birtwistle, Nash Ensemble, BBC Singers & Nicholas Kok:
🎵 The Moth Requiem
#HarrisonBirtwistle #NashEnsemble #BBCSingers #NicholasKok
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #NewMusicShow
Harrison Birtwistle, John Harle, Paul Clarvis, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Davis:
🎵 Panic (ending)
#HarrisonBirtwistle #JohnHarle #PaulClarvis #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #AndrewDavis
May 4, 2024 at 11:26 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3's #NewMusicShow
Harrison Birtwistle, John Harle, Paul Clarvis, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Davis:
🎵 Panic (ending)
#HarrisonBirtwistle #JohnHarle #PaulClarvis #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #AndrewDavis