Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20151003 | BBC Radio 3's ground-breaking festival of experimental sound Cut & Splice returns to the airwaves with recordings from last weekend's event at London's Cafe Oto, curated by the composer Joanna Bailie and featuring the group Ensemble Plus-Minus. Bailie's programme links the work of the early pioneers of the avant-garde to the trail-blazers of today and explores the relationships between music machines and the environment. Presented by Robert Worby. Luc Ferrari: Presque Rien No.1 (1970) for pre-recorded media Clara Iannotta: The people here go mad. They blame the wind. (2013-14) for bass clarinet, cello, piano and 12 music boxes Dawn Scarfe: Air Traffic (2006) for pre-recorded media Henry Cowell: Aeolian Harp (1923) for solo piano Cathy van Eck: Groene Ruis (2007) - performance project for a sounding tree Simon Løffler: b (2012) for 3 players, neon lights, effect pedals and a loose jack cable Agostino di Scopio: Audible Ecosystems, n.3a (background noise study) (2004-5) Michael Pisaro: Fields have ears 1 (2009) for piano and pre-recorded media James Saunders: like you and like you (2015) for 3 performers Ensemble Plus-Minus: Mark Knoop (piano), Vick Wright (clarinet), Alice Purton (cello) Clara Iannotta (music box) Owen Green (electronics) Cathy van Eck (performer) Recorded at Caf退 Oto, London, 25-26 September. Cut & Splice is a partnership between Sound and Music, the national charity for new music, and BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now. Music including Luc Ferrari, Clara Iannotta, Dawn Scarfe, Henry Cowell and Cathy van Eck. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 02 | 20151010 | Presented by Robert Worby. BBC Radio 3's ground-breaking festival of experimental sound Cut & Splice returns to the airwaves with recordings from this year's event at London's Cafe Oto, curated by the composer Joanna Bailie and featuring the group Ensemble Plus-Minus. Bailie's programme links the work of the early pioneers of the avant-garde to the trail-blazers of today and explores the relationships between music machines and the environment. In addition to music from the second night of performances at the festival, Robert also visits a sound installation by Dawn Scarfe in Cafe Oto's Project Space, called Listening Glasses. Peter Ablinger: Renate Fuczik (2006-2026) for piano and pre-recorded media Alvin Lucier: Sferics (1981) for pre-recorded media Bryan Eubanks: Double Portrait (2012) for clarinet, field recordings, sine tones and tuned noise Mauro Lanza/Andrea Valle: Regnum Vegetabile (2014) for sextet and electromechanical devices Peter Ablinger: Weiss/Weisslich 11b (since 1994) for pre-recorded media and readers Hildegard Westerkamp: Kits Beach Soundwalk (1989) for pre-recorded media Bryan Eubanks: Listening through glass walls (2014/15) for amplified violin and viola, and tuned space Ensemble Plus-Minus: Mark Knoop (piano), Ilze Ikse (flute), Christopher Redgate (oboe), Vick Wright (clarinet), Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Bridget Carey (viola), Alice Purton (cello) Owen Green (electronics) James Saunders and Matthew Shlomowitz (readers) Recorded at Caf退 Oto, London, 25-26 September. Cut & Splice is a partnership between Sound and Music, the national charity for new music, and BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now. Music including Peter Ablinger, Alvin Lucier, Bryan Eubanks and Hildegard Westerkamp. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |