Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 01 | 20081220 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present a programme of highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Including music by Sun-Ra, Chris Dench and five new John Cage-inspired compositions. Sun Ra - Pleiades 13:03 Frank Gratkowski (saxophone) Musikfabrik Saturday 29 November, St Paul's Hall Chris Dench - compostela / finisterre 13:08 Kevin Bowyer (organ) Auska Hatanaka (percussion) Tom de Cock (percussion) Sunday 23 November, St Paul's Hall Dror Feiler - Short Excerpt Clips from Music is Castrated Noise Serge Bachtasarian (electronics) Tommy Bj怀rk (percussion) Dror Feiler (saxophones / electronics) Tommi Keranen (electronics) Raymond King (electric cello) Mats Lindstr怀m (electronics) Lasse Marhaug (electronics) Kasper Toeplitz (electric bass / electronics) Friday 28 November, Bate's Mill Items from John Cage: Concert Reclaimed Sunday 30 November, Town Hall Philip Corner - Lingering random chords (after William Faulkner) 6:00 Zbigniew Karkowski - Caged for string ensemble 5:10 Claudia Molitor - Paper cut ? a homage to Cage (and Beethoven of course) 6:37 Hans W. Koch - A Qubit of emotion for violin, viola, cello and electronics 5:47 Alvin Curran - Erat verbum Johnny 11:06 Philip Thomas (director / pianist) Apartment House Lore Lixenberg voice University of Huddersfield Percussion Ensemble Mathew Adkins (electronics) Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions | |
| 02 | Highlights From The 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival | 20081227 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby presents highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Bryn Harrison's substantial new work for the festival Repetitions in Extended Time takes centre stage alongside Peter Adriaansz's Prana and the Matthew Adkins-curated [60] Project. Peter Adriaansz - Prana (17:24) excerpts Percussion Group The Hague The Netherlands Vocal Laboratory Catch Tuesday 25 November, Bates Mill Silent Noisy Music - excerpts Wilhem Latchoumia (Piano Baschet-Malbos) Crank: Scott McLaughlin, James Saunders, Nick Williams (music box) Tuesday 25 November, Creative Arts Building Recital Hall [60] PROJECT (World Premiere) excerpts Curated, mixed and performed by Mathew Adkins Friday 28 November, North Light Gallery Bryn Harrison - Repetitions in Extended Time (46:48) ensemble plus-minus Sunday 23 November, St Paul's Hall Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 03 | 20090103 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch continues Hear and Now's coverage of the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. This evening's programme features John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra, part of the John Cage: Concert Reclaimed at this year's festival. Richard Barrett is joined by Arne Deforce and Yutaka Oya for the UK Premiere of his Nacht und Traume and there's music by Markus Trunk and a visit to the Huddersfield Art Gallery to take a look at an exhibition focussing on the work of the 'father of Dutch electroacoustic music' Dick Raaijmakers. Including: Markus Trunk - Parhelion (10:54) Apartment House Sunday 30 November, Town Hall Richard Barrett - Nacht und traume (26:12) Arne Deforce (cello) Yutaka Oya (piano) Richard Barrett (electronics) Saturday 29 November, Studio 2 Markus Trunk - Raw Rows (8:02) ensemble plus-minus Sunday 23 November, St Paul's Hall Kid Baltan - Colonel Bogey (excerpts) Basta 3091412 CD1 Track 9 Kid Baltan - Mechanical Motions (excerpts) Basta 3091412 CD1 Track 20 John Cage - Concert for piano and orchestra (45:19) Philip Thomas (piano) Highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008 Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions | |
| 04 | 20090110 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with a look at Quatour Bozzini's focus on James Tenney. Robert also talks to featured composer Enno Poppe and there are the UK premieres of his work Salz and of Salvatore Sciarrino's 12 Madrigali. James Tenney - Large Open Spaces (excerpt) (3:33) Quatuor Bozzini and friends Monday 24 November, Bates Mill James Tenney - Diaphonic Study (UKP) (18:22) Eve Egoyan (piano) Miriam Shalinsky (double bass) Wednesday 26 November, St Paul's Hall Enno Poppe - Salz (15:16) Klangforum Wien Enno Poppe (conductor) Saturday 22 November, Town Hall Salvatore Sciarrino - 12 MADRIGALI (40:28) Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Thursday 27 November Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present music by James Tenney and Enno Poppe. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions | |
| 05 | 20090117 | Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce coverage of the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The programme features the UK premiere of Hope - the 9th hour of Stockhausen's KLANG and Outer Nothingness by Sun Ra, alongside music from John Cage: Concert Reclaimed which closed the 2008 festival. Plus the UK premiere of Knochen by Enno Poppe, who also discusses the work. Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008 highligts. Music by Sun Ra and John Cage. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |