Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20151121 | Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch kick off Radio 3's coverage of this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with a special live broadcast from Bates Mill Blending Shed, featuring works by Derek Bailey, Polish composer Tomasz Sikorski and Composer in Residence Jürg Frey, in performances by Simon H. Fell's Ensemble Anomaly, double bassist Dominic Lash, Noszferatu XL and pianist John Tilbury. Lol Coxhill arr. Christopher Hobbs: Lol's Tunes Paul Rutherford: Quasi-Mode III Derek Bailey No.22 [Ping] (world premiere) Tomasz Sikorski: Autograph; Zerstreutes Hinausschauen John Tilbury (piano) Jürg Frey: Accurate Placement (world premiere) Dominic Lash (double bass) Tomasz Sikorski: Echoes II Noszferatu XL. With music by Derek Bailey, Tomasz Sikorski, Jurg Frey, Lol Coxhill and Paul Rutherford. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 02 | 20151128 | Live from the second weekend of this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce a set by the experimental Berlin Splitter Orchester, a large ensemble inhabiting the space between composed and improvised music. And from earlier in the evening, Apartment House continue their 20th anniversary celebrations with music by Toshi Ichiyanagi, Peter Garland and Christopher Fox. Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch with music from Splitter Orchester and Apartment House. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 03 | 20151205 | Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch continue coverage of this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with a broadcast of American composer and improviser George Lewis's opera Afterword, which celebrates the work of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a pioneering collective of musicians that took root in Chicago in 1965. And as part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, a recording of Karen Rehnqvisst's Arktis Arktis!, the Swedish composer's orchestral ode to the Arctic inspired by a polar expedition in 1999. George Lewis: Afterword Joelle Lamarre (soprano) Julian Terrell Otis (tenor) Gwendolyn Brown (contralto) International Contemporary Ensemble David Fulmer (conductor) Recorded at the Lawrence Batley Theatre last month. With music by George Lewis, Jurg Frey, Jonty Harrison and Karen Rehnqvist. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 04 | 20151226 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce further highlights from this year's HCMF including music from Klangforum Wien, keyboard works performed by Richard Uttley, and music by the featured festival composer, Jurg Frey. Including: Beat Furrer: Linea dell'orizzonte Pierluigi Billone: Ebe und anders Klangforum Wien conducted by Clement Power Francisco Coll: Vestiges Naomi Pinnock: Lines and Spaces Richard Uttley (piano) Jurg Frey: Grizzana Ferne Farben Ensemble Grizzana. With music from Klangforum Wien, Richard Uttley and featured festival composer Jurg Frey. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 05 | 20160102 | Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce a concert by the Arditti Quartet, recorded at last November's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and featuring the new string quartet by Harrison Birtwistle and UK premieres of works by John Zorn, Iris ter Schiphorst and Klaus Lang. John Zorn: The Remedy of Fortune Iris ter Schiphorst: Aus Liebe Klaus Lang: Seven Views of White Harrison Birtwistle: String Quartet No.3: The Silk House Sequences. The Arditti Quartet recorded at the 2015 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |