Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 01 | 20120929 | Hear and Now begins a two part exploration of the contemporary piano. This week Tom Service is joined by the pianistic adventurer Sarah Nicolls. As part of Piano on the BBC, Sarah Nicolls gives her own take on some recent developments to the piano and its repertoire ending with the latest works where the piano keyboard itself represents merely the tip of an iceberg where the physicality of piano-playing and the cerebral world of computers combine. And in the Hear and Now Fifty pianist Nicolas Hodges advocates Jean Barraqu退's Chant apr耀s chant, for soprano, piano and percussion. It is one of just a handful of surviving works by this contemporary of Boulez and Stockhausen whose death in 1973 at the age of 45 robbed the contemporary musical world of one of its most innovative, thoughtful and deeply expressive voices. With commentary from author Paul Griffiths. Music played Artist: European Lucero Ensemble Title: Clepsydra Op.47 Composer: Horatiu Radulescu Album: Clepsydra Label: Edition RZ Catalogue Number: RZ1007, side 1, track 1 Duration: 1:50 (extract) Performers: European Lucero Ensemble; Daniel Kientzy, saxophone; Horatiu Radulescu, dir. Artist: Magda Mayas Title: Shards Composer: Magda Mayas Album: Heartlands Label: Another Timbre Catalogue Number: AT25, track 1 Duration: 2:59 (extract) Performers: Magda Mayas, p. Artist: Andrea Neumann & Sabine Ercklentz Title: Pruh Composer: Andrea Neumann & Sabine Ercklentz Album: Oberflachenspannung Label: Charizma Catalogue Number: CHA024, track 3 Duration: 1:30 (extract) Performers: Andrea Neumann, piano; Sabine Ercklentz, trumpet and electronics) Artist: Reinhold Friedel and Sukander Karadina Title: Neo-Bechstein Composer: Reinhold Friedel Album: private tapes Duration: 1:54 (extract) Performers: Reinhold Friedel and Sukander Karadina Artist: Pierre Malbos Title: Les jeux d'eau d'Hubert Robert Composer: Pierre Malbas Duration: 3:49 Performers: Pierre Malbas Artist: Sarah Nicholls Title: My Name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name (1st mvt: Popular Mysteries) Composer: Larry Goves Album: BBC Recording Duration: 2:50 Performers: Sarah Nicholls Title: Un Clou, von montesset le beton (check) mvt 2 Composer: Pierre Tremblay Duration: 3:39 Title: Valves Composer: Hugo Morales Duration: 3:40 Title: Motoric Stick Cadence Composer: Sarah Nicholls Duration: 3:45 Tom Service explores the modern piano and is joined by experimenting pianist Sarah Nicolls Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 02 | 20121006 | As part of the Piano Season on the BBC, Nicolas Hodges joins Sara Mohr-Pietsch for the second of two programmes exploring the contemporary pianists and piano repertoire, including music by Boulez, Stockhausen, Cardew, Feldman and Finnissy. And in the Hear and Now 50, Tom Service introduces American composer John Zorn's Carny - a dazzling piano collage of everything from Mozart to Fats Waller, Chopin to Schoenberg, and cocktail piano to Elliott Carter. Nicolas Hodges talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about contemporary pianists and piano repertoire Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |