‘So near and yet so far… with Christian Mason’: A podcast on France Musique

 
 
 
 

At the end of last month, an hour-long podcast with christian mason was broadcast on france musique, featuring excerpts of his work

‘George Benjamin et Julian Anderson le considèrent comme l’un des meilleurs compositeurs britanniques de sa génération. En résidence à l’Orchestre d’Auvergne, Christian Mason évoque pour nous sa musique poétique et aventureuse.’

‘George Benjamin and Julian Anderson consider Christian Mason to be one of the best British composers of his generation.  The resident-composer of the Orchestre d’Auvergne, Christian Mason talks to us about his both adventurous and poetic music.’

In this podcast with Laurent Vilarem, Christian Mason discusses his career and compositional output, interspersed with snippets of his work:

Christian Mason
Sympathetic Resonance
Orchestre National de France
Maxime Tortelier, direction
Commande France Musique - Création mondiale 2015

Christian Mason
Sardinian Songbook
Quatuor Ligeti

Christian Mason
Zwischen den Sternen (interlude) and yet, by how much still farther, what we learn from here and now
Ensemble Recherche
WINTER WINTER 2020

Claude Vivier
Trois airs pour un opera imaginaire - pour soprano et ensemble instrumental
Ingrid Schmithusen, soprano
Ensemble de la SMCQ
Walter Boudreau, direction
ATMA CLASSIQUE 2001

Julian Anderson
Heaven is shy of earth : Sanctus - pour mezzo-soprano choeur et orchestre
Susan Bickley, soprano
Orchestre symphonique de la BBC, Olivier Knussen (dir.)
Choeur de la BBC
ONDINE 2018

Christian Mason
Somewhere in the distance (Lost in the horizon)
Orchestre du Festival de Lucerne
Baldur Brönnimann, direction

Christian Mason
Man Made
Anu Komsi soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Gergely Madaras, direction

Christian Mason
This present Moment used to be the unimaginable Future
Quatuor Arditi
Biennale de quatuors à cordes Cité de la musique à Paris 2020

Franz Schubert
Die Forelle D 550
Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, baryton
Gerarld Moore, piano
WARNER CLASSICS 1990

Christian Mason
Shadowy Fish
Anna Egholm, violon
Sindy Mohamed, alto
Caroline Sypniewski, violoncelle
Ricardo Delgado, contrebasse
Guillaume Bellom, piano
Festival Nouveaux Horizons Aix en Provence 2020

listen to the podcast here

 
 
 

upcoming concerts

4th march 2023 | Mozartsaal, boulezsaal

PROGRAMME

New Work: ‘in unknown elements…in endless transmutation…’ by Christian Mason

Klangforum Wien will present a programme of works by Berio, Cerha, Furrer, and Neuwirth

See here for more info

5th march 2023 | Mozartsaal, boulezsaal

PROGRAMME

New Work: ‘in unknown elements…in endless transmutation…’ by Christian Mason

Arditti Quartet will present a programme of works by Britten, Lutoslawski, Gedizlioglu, and Lachenmann

See here for more info

22nd april 2023 | 7pm & 9pm | MÄRKisches MUSEUM, WITTEN

PROGRAMME

New Work: ‘Invisible Threads’ by Christian Mason

Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

Performed by Arditti Quartet, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Gareth Davis, Krassimir Sterev

See here for more info