The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain has commissioned a new work by Unsuk Chin which will be premiered at a concert at Sage Gateshead on 9 April. The programme, which also includes Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra and Percy Grainger’s eccentric and elaborately-scored The Warriors, will be broadcast live on Radio 3 at 7:30pm, and will be repeated in Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent on 10 April and London’s Royal Festival Hall on 11 April.
Chin’s new piece is entitled Mannequin and was commissioned to explore the unique teenage energy of the NYO.
Links:
- Details of performances on NYO website | BBC website (9 April) | Royal Festival Hall website (11 April)