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Hear and Now - 01/03/2008
Alwynne Pritchard looks at improvisation in modern classical music, with composer Richard Barrett and writer John L Walters. Plus music by Elliott Sharp and Christian Marclay.
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Hear and Now - 01/11/2008
Robert Worby presents a rare performance of pieces from Stockhausen's Aus Den Sieben Tagen, recorded at the 2008 Cut and Splice Festival in London.
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Hear and Now - 01/12/2007
Tom Service introduces a concert of contemporary music for string quartet from the 2006 Sonorities Festival in Belfast, plus a performance of Gary Carpenter's After Braque.
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Hear and Now - 02/02/2008
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007: 5/5. With music by Fred Frith, Tim Hodgkinson and Martijn Padding and sound artist Janek Schaeffer demonstrating his installation.
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Hear and Now - 03/05/2008
Alwynne Pritchard presents a concert of world premieres performed by New Music Players. Stoneham: Triage. Hughes: Strike Sketches. Sierra: Cicada Shell. Kay: Flux.
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Hear and Now - 04/09/2010
Ivan Hewett presents a rare chance to hear the music of Berlin-based British composer and singer Chris Newman, recorded at the Spitalfields Festival.
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Hear and Now - 04/10/2008
Ivan Hewett presents a concert focusing on new music by Middle-Eastern composers given in June 2008 at Cadogan Hall, London, by the Nieuw Ensemble directed by Garry Walker.
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Hear and Now - 05/04/2008
Ivan Hewett introduces excerpts from a concert given by the London Sinfonietta, with works by Francisco Lara and Hans Abrahamsen, and the world premiere of Simon Holt's Suenos.
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Hear and Now - 07/06/2008
Tom Service is joined by Philip Clark for a selection of new music releases on CD, and presents concert recordings of chamber works by composers Colin Matthews and Alexander Goehr.
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Hear and Now - 08/03/2008
Tom Service introduces a concert recently given by South African composer Kevin Volans and duo partner Jill Richards, who perform a selection of the composer's music for two pianos.
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Hear and Now - 08/08/2009
Ivan Hewett presents a portrait of Unsuk Chin, including Xi for ensemble & electronics, and her Piano Concerto played by Andrew Zolinsky with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Hear and Now - 08/11/2008
Robert Worby presents pieces from Stockhausen's Aus Den Sieben Tagen, from 2008's Cut and Splice Festival in London. Performers include Maja Ratkje, Phil Minton and Aleks Kolkowski.
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Hear and Now - 08/12/2007
Ivan Hewett introduces new music with a visual element, such as film or light shows, and music from Liverpool as it shapes up to be City of Culture.
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Hear and Now - 09/02/2008
Ivan Hewett presents a performance of a new chamber opera The Shops, an exploration of kleptomania and shopping addiction, by composer Edward Rushton and librettist Dagny Gioulami.
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Hear and Now - 09/08/2008
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with highlights of two concerts from the BMIC Cutting Edge Series in 2007. Works by Larry Goves, Jonathan Green, Michael Clarke, Sam Hayden, Yannis Kyriakides.
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Hear and Now - 10/05/2008
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with works that blend instruments with electronics, plus works from an international convention on electroacoustic music and a UK premiere of Michael Jarrell.
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Hear and Now - 10/10/2009
Tom Service presents works by Peter Wiegold and Christian Marclay, recorded at London's King's Place as part of a series called of events called Shuffle.
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Hear and Now - 10/11/2007
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the premiere of a new work by Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen, which reflects on the everyday experiences of life during wartime.
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Hear and Now - 11/07/2009
Aldeburgh Festival. Knussen: Coursing. Carter: Quartet No 5; Piano pieces. Birtwistle: Semper Dowland, semper dolens. Plus interviews with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Elliott Carter.
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Hear and Now - 11/10/2008
Alwynne Pritchard reports on a multimedia night at London's Spitalfields Festival called Rational Rec, with songs, music-theatre, performance art and discussion.
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Hear and Now - 12/04/2008
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert given by the Arditti Quartet and a report from recent workshops they have held to discuss the practicalities of writing for quartet.
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Hear and Now - 12/09/2009
Ivan Hewett is joined by Julian Anderson to discuss music by Denys Bouliane, Philippe Leroux and Gyorgy Ligeti.
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Hear and Now - 13/09/2008
Alwynne Pritchard presents new German music for voices and for piano by Dieter Schnebel, Wolfgang Rihm, Matthias Pintscher and Jurg Baur.
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Hear and Now - 15/03/2008
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert to celebrate the work of Claude Vivier, the highly regarded but little-known Canadian composer murdered in 1983 at the age of 34.
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Hear and Now - 15/09/2007
Terry Riley in Concert: Robert Worby meets minimalist pioneer Terry Riley and introduces music from his concert at the Triptych Festival in Glasgow.
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Hear and Now - 15/11/2008
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a programme of music by Karlheinz Stockhausen performed by the London Sinfonietta. With the world premiere of Urantia, part of Klang, and Zodiac.
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Hear and Now - 16/02/2008
Tom Service looks back at the life and work of Italian composer Luigi Nono. With music from the recent Nono festival and a look ahead to the UK premiere of his opera Prometeo.
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Hear and Now - 18/07/2009
From the Aldeburgh Festival, Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents world premieres of works by Helen Grime, Elliott Carter and Harrison Birtwistle and talks to the composers.
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Hear and Now - 19/04/2008
Ivan Hewett presents musical modernism new and old, with classic works of the 1960s alongside new music by Downie and Jarrell. Including Downie's Fragments for cello and piano.
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Hear and Now - 20/09/2008
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces recordings from the 2008 Vale of Glamorgan festival, including a new work by Piers Hellawell inspired by the work of sculptor David Smith.
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Hear and Now - 22/03/2008
Robert Worby introduces the world premiere of Edward Cowie's BBC commission INhabitAT, inspired by sounds from the natural world. Plus a look at the art of soundscape composition.
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Hear and Now - 22/11/2008
Tom Service presents a concert from the London Jazz Festival featuring Arve Henriksen (trumpet) and Iain Ballamy (saxophone) with the London Sinfonietta.
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Hear and Now - 22/12/2007
Robert Worby presents a programme by the ensemble Apartment House. Composers Michael Parsons and James Saunders discuss the past, present and future of experimental music.
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Hear and Now - 23/02/2008
Cut and Splice: Robert Worby presents the annual electronic music event. Based on the theme of food, the line-up includes the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra amplifying raw vegetables.
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Hear and Now - 23/08/2008
Ivan Hewett presents a concert given at Glasgow's City Halls in March 2008, featuring concertos by Rolf Hind and Detlev Glanert pitting piano (or pianos) against the orchestra.
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Hear and Now - 24/01/2009
Robert Worby presents the BBC SO's performance of Stockhausen's meditative work Inori, given at the Barbican in London as part of their Total Immersion Stockhausen Day.
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Hear and Now - 24/11/2007
Tom Service introduces a concert of contemporary music given by the Ulster Orchestra at this year's Sonorities Festival. Plus a rare 2005 performance of Morton Feldman's Piano.
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Hear and Now - 25/10/2008
Tom Service presents a concert given at Glasgow's City Halls, featuring works by British composer Nigel Osborne and a BBC commission by Anna Meredith.
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Hear and Now - 26/04/2008
In a programme of music specially recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Hewett attempts to trace the lines between two generations of British composers.
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Hear and Now - 27/02/2010
Ivan Hewett presents new music by Ed Bennett, Luke Bedford, Thomas Larcher, Olga Neuwirth and Rebecca Saunders played by Fidelio Trio and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Hear and Now - 27/09/2008
Robert Worby presents a tribute to the late composer Mauricio Kagel, who died in September 2008. Plus an interview in which Kagel discusses his early days and surrealism.
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Hear and Now - 29/11/2008
Ivan Hewett presents recordings by Liverpool-based Ensemble 10/10 and talks to their director Clark Rundell. Plus Tom Service on the role of awards in new music.
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Hear and Now - 29/12/2007
For the last edition of 2007, Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by critics Annette Morreau and Ivan Hewett for a round-up of the year's new music highlights.
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Hear and Now - 30/08/2008
Ivan Hewett presents the BBC Philharmonic under James MacMillan in Unsuk Chin's Concerto for violin and strings and Miroirs des temps, plus Chris Dench's Passing bells: night.
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Hear and Now - 31/05/2008
Alwynne Pritchard introduces new orchestral and piano music from Germany and talks to composers Enno Poppe and Charlotte Seither.
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Hear and Now - 31/07/2010
Ed McKeon introduces semi-improvised pieces by fORCH, Morla and the Smith Quartet; plus Pwyll ap-Sian's Gwales played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Hear and Now - 40 Years of Radio 3
Two programmes marking 40 years of Radio 3 and its relationship with new classical music
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Hear and Now - Aldeburgh Festival
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents the first of two programmes from the Aldeburgh Festival. With The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performing Kurtag and Ligeti.
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Hear and Now - Aldeburgh Festival
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with the second of two programmes from the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, with music by Birtwistle plus Thomas Ades and Tal Rosner's concerto for piano and moving image.
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Hear and Now - Aldo Clementi, Hans Abrahamsen
Ivan Hewett presents new music by composers who use canonic techniques: chamber works by Aldo Clementi played by Eision, and Schnee by Hans Abrahamsen played by London Sinfonietta.
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Hear and Now - Alexander Goehr
Sara Mohr-Pietsch speaks to British composer Alexander Goehr and features music from the BBC Philharmonic's composer profile of him. Includes Adagio (Self-portrait); Tower Music.
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Hear and Now - Bangor New Music Festival 2010
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces premieres by Guto Puw, Andrew Lewis and Adrian Williams, performed at the 2010 Bangor New Music Festival by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Hear and Now - BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Henze, Holt and Hoddinott
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Jac van Steen in concert at Hoddinott Hall. With Henze: Symphony No 8. Holt: Troubled Light. Hoddinott: Lizard.
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Hear and Now - BBC Philharmonic/MacMillan
Robert Worby presents the BBC Philharmonic under James MacMillan in works by young composers and MacMillan's own A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, with violinist Chantal Juillet.
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Hear and Now - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's IRCAM collaboration
Robert Worby presents music from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's collaborations in 2008 with IRCAM, the Paris centre for composition and research in electro-acoustic music.
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Hear and Now - BBC SSO in music by Michel van der Aa
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert of works by Dutch composer Michel van der Aa, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franck Ollu.
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Hear and Now - BBC SSO, Skempton, Cardew, Wolff, Feldman
Robert Worby presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and John Tilbury (piano) playing music by Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew, Christian Wolff and Morton Feldman.
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Hear and Now - Bergen Festival 2007
Sara Mohr Pietsch presents a concert of new music by seven composers from four countries performed by the Uroboros Ensemble.
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Hear and Now - Berlin New Music Scene
Ivan Hewett reports on Berlin's new music scene, 20 years since the fall of the Wall, talks to local composers and presents music by Helmut Oehring, Enno Poppe and Reinhold Friedl.
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Hear and Now - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Tom Service presents music by Simon Holt, Richard Causton, Vic Hoyland, and Bruno Maderna, played by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Diego Masson.
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Hear and Now - Borealis Festival
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents the opening of Norway's Borealis Festival from Kings Place, London. Including conversation with festival director Alwynne Prichard.
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Hear and Now - British Composer Awards 2010
Tom Service is joined by composer Christopher Fox to discuss the music and composers nominated for the 2010 British Composer Awards.
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Hear and Now - British Composers
Presented by Tom Service. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andre de Ridder perform premieres by British composers Lloyd Moore, Michael Langemann, Ian Vine and Gavin Higgins.
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Hear and Now - Canterbury Sounds New Festival 2009
Ivan Hewett presents performances from the Polish-themed Canterbury Sounds New contemporary music festival 2009
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Hear and Now - Canterbury Sounds New Festival 2010
Ivan Hewett presents performances from 2010's Canterbury Sounds New contemporary music festival, which takes as its theme the number seven
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Hear and Now - Choral Works, Peter Maxwell Davis
The New London Chamber Choir conducted by James Weeks in choral works by Gabriel Jackson, Gyorgy Ligeti and Michael Zev Gordon at this year's Cheltenham Festival.
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Hear and Now - Cityscapes
Robert Worby presents a selection of cityscapes in music. Including HK Gruber's Manhattan Broadcasts, John Woolrich's Whitel's Ey, plus works by Jennifer Higdon and Richard Rijnvos.
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Hear and Now - Composer Portraits
Ivan Hewett presents a series of portraits of contemporary composers. Featuring interviews and performances of their works given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Hear and Now - Contemporary Lithuanian Music
Zoe Martlew presents a concert of contemporary Lithuanian music from Kings Place in London, curated by cellist Anton Lukoszevieze and titled 'Twittering Machines and Sutartines'.
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Hear and Now - Crash Ensemble
Robert Worby presents Crash Ensemble in works by American minimalists Terry Riley and David Lang alongside young Irish composers Linda Buckley, Jonathan Nangle and Donnacha Dennehy.
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Hear and Now - Cut & Splice 2010
Highlights from the 2010 Cut & Splice festival, an electronic music event produced in conjuction with Sound And Music. The theme is 'transmission' - the use of radio in avant garde music and sound art
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Hear and Now - Cut & Splice: Living Rooms
Robert Worby presents programmes from two-day Cut & Splice: Living Rooms festival, from Wilton's Music Hall, London. With sound artists and composers exploring sound in domestic environments
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Hear and Now - Dai Fujikura, Larry Goves, Aldo Clementi
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Dai Fujikura, Larry Goves and Aldo Clementi played by the London Sinfonietta. Plus John Cage's artworks and a preview of the Soundwaves Festival.
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Hear and Now - David Sawer, Robin Walker, Stephen Elcock, Emily Howard
Ivan Hewett chats to and explores music by David Sawer, Robin Walker, Stephen Elcock and Emily Howard. Plus small-scale music theatre in the UK, from 1945 until today.
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Hear and Now - Elliott Carter
Ivan Hewett talks to composer Elliott Carter, who celebrates his centenary year in 2008. With music from key points in his career, played by artists who have championed his music.
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Hear and Now - Experimental Composers
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a recording of Christopher Fox's comme ses paroles, performed by Exaudi. Plus John Cage: Imaginary Landscape No 1 and Six Short Inventions.
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Hear and Now - Four International Composers
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Jac Van Steen plays David Sawer's Byrnan Wood; Arlene Sierra's Aquilo; Huw Watkins' Piano Concerto and Christian Jost's CocoonSymphonie.
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Hear and Now - French Music
Tom Service and Julian Anderson discuss music from two recent generations of leading French composers
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Hear and Now - Gemini Plays Two Generations
Gemini Plays Two Generations: Robert Worby introduces music from Gemini's festival held last summer in London, combining pieces by old friends with newly commissioned music.
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Hear and Now - George Benjamin
Tom Service interviews George Benjamin and introduces a concert of his music, ranging from piano solo to chamber orchestral, played by the London Sinfonietta and the composer.
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Hear and Now - George Crumb
Tom Service talks to American composer George Crumb in his 80th birthday year. Including music recorded in December 2009 at the Barbican's Total Immersion: George Crumb festival.
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Hear and Now - Goehr: Promised End
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Alexander Goehr's new opera Promised End in a production by James Conway recorded at the Linbury Theatre in Covent Garden, London.
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Hear and Now - Graham Fitkin Band
Zoe Martlew introduces a performance given by the Graham Fitkin Band at Kings Place in London, plus an interview with the composer. Includes Totti, MFV, Danse Real and Compress.
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Hear and Now - Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques
Tom Service presents a the first complete UK performance of French composer Gerard Grisey's Les espaces acoustiques, a cycle of six works written between 1974 and 1985.
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Hear and Now - Harrison Birtwistle Celebration
Tom Service presents a concert given at the Wigmore Hall by the Nash Ensemble celebrating the composing career of Harrison Birtwistle. Plus a UK premiere from Elliott Carter.
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Hear and Now - Helmut Lachenmann Tribute
Tom Service introduces performances of two orchestral works by Helmut Lachenmann, given in London at the Southbank Centre's celebration of the composer's 75th birthday.
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Hear and Now - house of bedlam
Robert Worby explores the spoken word in new music and sound art, with a concert by house of bedlam and poet Matthew Welton. Plus a review of the book Playing With Words.
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Hear and Now - Howard Skempton
Ivan Hewett interviews composer Howard Skempton and introduces a concert of his works performed by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and EXAUDI, conducted by James Weeks.
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Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007
Sara Mohr Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007, which was held in November
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Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008
Highlights from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008, the annual festival of new music and the arts. Featuring concerts, music theatre, dance, multimedia, talks and film
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Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009
Sara Mohr-Pietsch reports from the 2009 Hudersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the UK's largest, with highlights of a concert given by the London Sinfonietta.
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Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2009
Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch present highlights of the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, a celebration of the best new music
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Hear and Now - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2010
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby presents highlights from 2010's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The largest of its type in the UK, the event features the best contemporary and new music
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Hear and Now - James Dillon Birthday Concert
Ivan Hewett presents a concert from City Halls, Glasgow, marking Scottish composer James Dillon's 60th birthday. Viver: Orion. Carter: Adagio tenebroso. Dillon: Siorram; Via Sacra.
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Hear and Now - James Dillon/Jonathan Harvey
Robert Worby introduces new works by James Dillon and Jonathan Harvey played by the Arditti Quartet, plus Harvey's Scena for violin and orchestra.
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Hear and Now - James Dillon's Nine Rivers
Presented by Tom Service. Marking Scottish composer James Dillon's 60th birthday, the BBC SSO and guests perform the world premiere of his piece Nine Rivers at City Halls, Glasgow.
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Hear and Now - Jane Manning
Ivan Hewett talks to iconic soprano Jane Manning about her career, introducing 40 years of recordings and contributions from those who have written for and worked with her.
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Hear and Now - John Harbison
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert celebrating the seventieth birthday of John Harbison, one of the senior figures in modern American music. Including Emerson and Chorale Cantata.
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Hear and Now - Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007): Robert Worby presents a special programme in memory of Stockhausen and introduces a selection of music from his earliest to his most recent works.
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Hear and Now - Knussen, Bedford, Turnage
Zoe Martlew presents the BBC SSO in Knussen's Music for a Puppet Court, Bedford's Outblaze the Sky, plus Turnage's From All Sides and his new flute concerto, Five Views of a Mouth.
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Hear and Now - Kurt Schwertsik
Ivan Hewett interviews Viennese composer Kurt Schwertsik. The BBC Philharmonic perform Schwertsik's '...in keltischer Manier' and his Irdische Klang cycle.
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Hear and Now - LDNSNF_40
From the Royal Festival Hall, Ivan Hewett introduces an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the London Sinfonietta, with performances of specially commissioned chamber works.
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Hear and Now - London Jazz Festival 2010
Radio 3 broadcast highlights from the London Jazz Festival 2010
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Hear and Now - London Sinfonietta - Adams, Cage, Dresher, Lang
Robert Worby presents an all-American concert given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall by the London Sinfonietta. With music by John Adams, John Cage, Paul Dresher and David Lang.
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Hear and Now - Lore Lixenberg and David Alberman
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Lore Lixenberg and David Alberman in music for voice, violin and electronics by Cage, Aperghis, Kurtag, Sorensen, Holt, Norgard and Diana Burrell.
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Hear and Now - Louis Andriessen
To mark Louis Andriessen's 70th birthday, Zoe Martlew interviews the Dutch composer at his home in Amsterdam and introduces recordings of two key works.
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Hear and Now - Louis Andriessen Portrait
Louis Andriessen Portrait: Ivan Hewett discusses Dutch composer Louise Andriessen with his former student Steve Martland, and introduces a concert featuring the music of both.
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Hear and Now - MacMillan, Gruber
Ivan Hewett presents music by two composer/conductors of the BBC Philharmonic - James MacMillan and HK Gruber. MacMillan: Exsultet; Tryst. HK Gruber: Zeitstimmung.
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Hear and Now - Manchester Portraits
Series of single composer portraits from the BBC Philharmonic, recorded at the BBC's Manchester studios
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Hear and Now - Matthias Pintscher Focus
Matthias Pintscher conducts the BBC SSO in a concert featuring his own music, alongside pieces by Wolfgang Rihm and Edgard Varese.
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Hear and Now - Michael Finnissy
Ivan Hewett presents the world premiere performance of Michael Finnissy's The Transgressive Gospel from the 2009 Spitalfields Festival, plus conversation with the composer.
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Hear and Now - Modern Europeans
Series dedicated to major European contemporary musical figures
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Hear and Now - Music from Ireland and Iceland
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents works from two Irish new music festivals, an investigation of the new music scene in Iceland and a composer diary entry from Mira Calix and Tansy Davies.
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Hear and Now - Nash Ensemble
Ivan Hewett presents the Nash Ensemble, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, premiering music by Michael Berkeley, Huw Watkins, Julian Anderson and Mark Anthony Turnage.
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Hear and Now - New British Chamber Music
Ivan Hewett presents new British chamber music, with electronics by Christopher Fox, Jonathan Harvey, James Weeks and Edwin Roxburgh, played by RedArchDuo and the Arditti Quartet.
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Hear and Now - New British Orchestral Scores
The BBC Philharmonic under James MacMillan play scores chosen by the Society for the Promotion of New Music, from Charlie Usher and Chris Litherland.
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Hear and Now - New from Finland
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents new music for orchestra and solo piano by Finnish composers. With Veli-Matti Puumala: Chains of Camenae. Uljas Pulkkis: Enchanted Garden.
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Hear and Now - New Italian Music
Tom Service explores new Italian music with Ed McKeon, featuring performances of Gervasoni, Sciarrino and Casale by the BBC SO, and Nono and Castiglioni by vocal ensemble Exaudi.
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Hear and Now - New Music in China
Robert Worby reports from Shanghai on the range of new music being made there, visiting the hi-tech E-Arts Festival and the thriving underground 'noise' scene.
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Hear and Now - New Music in China
Robert Worby looks at the successful new music scene in China
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Hear and Now - Nico Muhly
Sara Mohr-Pietsch, in conversation with Nico Muhly, presents a concert of his music and a piece by a composer he admires, Steve Reich. With Muhly's Step Team and Reich's City Life.
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Hear and Now - Per Norgard
Ivan Hewett presents a profile of Danish composer Per Norgard, including interviews and the world premiere of his Seventh Symphony.
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Hear and Now - Purcell Weekend - Arrangements of Purcell
Robert Worby presents a concert given at St Luke's in London, with two world premieres as well as an array of works by leading composers writing new music inspired by Purcell.
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Hear and Now - Ruhr
Sara Mohr-Pietsch travels to the Ruhr region in Germany, European Capital of Culture 2010, to explore the new-musical culture of the former industrial heartland.
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Hear and Now - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents works by David Fennessy, Gwyn Pritchard and Matthew Taylor, and considers how they explore different perspectives on time.
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Hear and Now - Sonic Explorations Festival
Robert Worby presents music from the London Sinfonietta's Sonic Explorations festival. Curated by Jonathan Harvey, the festival explores new and old electroacoustic music.
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Hear and Now - Stephen Montague
Ivan Hewett presents the music of Stephen Montague recorded by the BBC SO. He talks to Montague about his American childhood, and his passion for working with amateur musicians.
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Hear and Now - Stockhausen: Hymnen
Robert Worby introduces a complete broadcast of Stockhausen's seminal two-hour tape composition Hymnen, a vast collage of recorded national anthems, electronics and found sounds.
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Hear and Now - String Theories Event
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents new music for string quartet recorded at Kings Place in London, in an event called String Theories, which is curated by Nigel Osborne.
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Hear and Now - Summer Festivals: Spitalfields Festival 2007
Summer Festivals: Robert Worby presents music recorded in June at the Spitalfields Festival in London. Including works by Jonathan Harvey, Oliver Knussen and Richard Barrett.
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Hear and Now - Summer Festivals: The Vale of Glamorgan 2007
Summer Festivals: The Vale of Glamorgan 2007. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert performed in Llandaff Cathedral by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Hear and Now - The New Celts
Presented by Tom Service. Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in premieres of recent works by Martin Suckling, James Clapperton, David Fennessy and David Horne.
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Hear and Now - Tristan Murail Day
Tom Service presents a special edition of the programme, featuring music recorded during the BBC Symphony Orchestra event Total Immersion: Tristan Murail.
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Hear and Now - Two American Mavericks
Robert Worby explores the music of James Tenney and Pauline Oliveros, both born in the 1930s in the American South West, and both pioneers in tape music.
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Hear and Now - Ulster Orchestra
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an intriguing selection of instrumental and electro-acoustic music recorded by the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast.
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Hear and Now - Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2009
Robert Worby presents music by Australian composers Paul Stanhope, Brett Dean and Ross Edwards, performed by the BBC NOW conducted by Andre de Ridder.
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Hear and Now - Viennese Masters
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a programme of new music from Vienna, finding sharp contrasts between two generations currently composing in this great cultural centre.
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Hear and Now - Wolfgang Rihm
Tom Service presents a series dedicated to the music of one of Germany's leading composers Wolfgang Rihm.
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Hear and Now - Xenakis, Julian Anderson
Ivan Hewett introduces works by Xenakis, Julian Anderson and others. Xenakis: Persephassa. Holloway-Nahum: As our shadows tremble on the walls. Anderson: Poetry Nearing Silence.
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