Synopsis

A particularly adventurous Promenade concert in the 1981 season at the Royal Albert Hall featured a thematic unity among its three works: an exploration of various forms of ceremony and ritual. Tonight, Malcolm Ruthven presents an edited and adapted recording of that performance. The program included percussion music by Harrison Birtwistle, followed by *For 0, for 0, the Hobby Horse is Forgot* performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Next, Timothy Bond presented Olivier Messiaen’s *The Ascens