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Hear And Now

Three Hundred Twenty Eight episodes. First broadcast from 19950901 to 20080823.

Hear and Now is the main contemporary music programme on Radio 3. It features live concerts and studio sessions from the best new music groups, and premieres of BBC commissioned works.

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Description
Programme Catalogue - Details: 01 September 1995	19950901		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: 08 September 1995 Previous in series: 25 August 1995 Broadcast history 01 Sep 1995 21:55-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1995-08-26.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 08 September 1995	19950908		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: 15 September 1995 Previous in series: 01 September 1995 Broadcast history 08 Sep 1995 21:55-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1995-09-05.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 15 September 1995	19950915		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: GOEHR EVENING Previous in series: 08 September 1995 Broadcast history 15 Sep 1995 21:45-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1995-09-12.
Goehr Evening	19950922		Producer: A. KUROWSKI Next in series: MUSIC IS FOR THE PEOPLE Previous in series: 15 September 1995 Broadcast history 22 Sep 1995 21:45-23:35 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1995-09-08.
Music Is For The People	19950929		Producer: G. L. WILLIAMS Next in series: 06 October 1995 Previous in series: GOEHR EVENING Broadcast history 29 Sep 1995 22:20-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1995-09-26.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 05 January 1996	19960105		Producer: A. HALL Next in series: 12 January 1996 Previous in series: 29 December 1995 Broadcast history 05 Jan 1996 21:50-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1996-01-04.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 12 January 1996	19960112		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: 19 January 1996 Previous in series: 05 January 1996 Broadcast history 12 Jan 1996 21:25-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1996-01-11.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 19 January 1996	19960119		Producer: A. HALL Next in series: 26 January 1996 Previous in series: 12 January 1996 Broadcast history 19 Jan 1996 22:00-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1996-01-18.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 26 January 1996	19960126		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: 02 February 1996 Previous in series: 19 January 1996 Broadcast history 26 Jan 1996 21:50-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1996-01-25.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 02 February 1996	19960202		Producer: A. HALL Next in series: 09 February 1996 Previous in series: 26 January 1996 Broadcast history 02 Feb 1996 21:50-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1996-02-01.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 09 February 1996	19960209		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: 16 February 1996 Previous in series: 02 February 1996 Broadcast history 09 Feb 1996 22:00-00:00 (RADIO 3) Recorded on 1996-02-08.
Programme Catalogue - Details: 16 February 1996	19960216		Producer: P. TAGNEY Next in series: 01 March 1996 Previous in series: 09 February 1996 Broadcast history 16 Feb 1996 21:55-00:00 (RADIO 3).
Canon Of Repentance	19981211		More from the annual festival of new music in Huddersfield. Tonight, one of Arvo Part's most sustained and fervent choral works: the `Canon of Repentance', performed by the voices for whom it was written - the Estoian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Tonu Kaljuste. Presented by Verity Sharp.
Beckett Festival	19990903	19990910	Verity Sharp introduces a concert performance of an opera with a characteristically terse text by Samuel Beckett, as part of the Radio 3 Beckett season. Sarah Leonard (soprano), BBC Scottish SO/Richard Bernas. Morton Feldman: neither. Verity Sharp introduces a concert performance of an opera based on Samuel Beckett's play `Krapp's Last Tape', composed in collaboration with the author. Marcel Mihalovici: Krapp, or The Last Tape. David Barrell (baritone), BBC SO/Diego Mason.
	20010707		Verity Sharp presents new music inspired by landscape, recorded especially for the programme by soprano Jane Manning and Jane's Minstrels conducted by Roger Montgomery. Anthony Payne: Empty Landscape, Heart's Ease. Deirdre Gribbin: How to Make the Water Sound. Per Norgaard: Seadrift. Julian Anderson: Sea Drift. Betsy Schramm: while east deserves of dawn. Anthony Payne: Evening Land. Plus a report from Tom Service about the Second Biennial International Conference of 20th-Century Music, held last weekend at Goldsmith's College, London.
Shir Hashrim	20010714		Sarah Walker introduces a performance given at the Cheltenham Festival of Music by soprano Valdine Anderson, pianist Joanna MacGregor and Sinfonia 21 under Martyn Brabbins. Music includes the world premiere of Julian Anderson's `Shir hashrim' and Jonathan Harvey's Bird Concerto with Pianosong. Plus music by Edward Cowie, Steve Martland and Graham Fitkin performed by the BBC Singers under Stephen Cleobury, recorded at the Bath New Music Weekend.
	20010721		The first of three programmes from the Hoxton New Music Days 2001.
	20010804		Sarah Walker presents the second of three programmes of highlights from the Hoxton New Music Festival. Featuring music by two unjustly neglected disciples of Stockhausen - Clarence Barlow and Tim Souster.
	20010811		Verity Sharp presents highlights from two recent events, starting with performances from June's LMC Festival of Experimental Music, which included works by French electronic minimalist Eliane Radigue, Japanese koto player Miya Masaoka and Romanian pianist-composer Ana-Maria Avram. Then, at around midnight, the programme features selected performances from the International Rostrum of Composers, held in Paris in the same month - including pieces by Michael Smetanin, Unsuk Chin, Brian Current and Uljas Pulkkis.
	20010818		Sarah Walker introduces a concert of recent works by veteran American composer Elliott Carter. Recorded in May at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, the concert features the UK premiere of Carter's first opera and is preceded by a talk given by the work's librettist, Paul Griffiths. Carter: What Next? Valdine Anderson, soprano (Rose), Christopher Purves, baritone (Harry or Larry), Rosemary Hardy, soprano (Mama), Christopher Gillett, tenor (Zen), Hilary Summers, contralto (Stella), Gwilym Bowen, boy alto (Kid), London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen. Carter: String Quartet No 5. Arditti Quartet.
A Better Place	20010825		Verity Sharp presents a portrait of British composer Martin Butler, who joins her in the studio to discuss his music and the figures he admires. Including a recording of his new chamber opera `A Better Place', staged last month by the English National Opera.
	20010901		Verity Sharp introduces a concert by the BT Scottish Ensemble led by Clio Gould, which was given at Dance Base as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Piers Hellawell: Sound Carvings from the Water's Edge. Steve Reich: Violin Phase. Louis Andriessen: Symphony for Open Strings. Steve Martland: Crossing the Border. Plus, at about 12.25, a studio recording of James Dillon's violin concerto, performed by Thomas Zehetmair with the BBC Scottish SO under Martyn Brabbins.
	20010915		Sarah Walker and composer Simon Emmerson survey new electronic music heard at Ars Electonica in Linz and at the Festival of Electronic Music in Bourges.
	20010922		BBC NOW/Brad Cohen. Sculthorpe: Earth Cry. Lentz: Ngangkar. Kats-Chernin: Piano Concerto No 2. Boyd: At the rising of the sun. Torjussen: Biodeuwedd. Edwards: Symphony No 2 Symphony No 2 (Earth Spirit Songs).
	20010929		Verity Sharp reports on the Gaudeamus Music Week, held this month in Amsterdam, and plays music by some rising stars, including new music from the Russian Federation Symphony No 2 (Earth Spirit Songs).
The Other Side Of The Air	20011006		BBC Singers at the Warsaw Autumn Festival in pieces by Anthony Powers, Jerzy Kornowicz and James Dillon. Plus recordings of instrumental music by Hanna Kulenty and Vic Hoyland generation of Polish composers and, staying with the british/Polish theme, commercial recordings of Hanna Kulenty's Violin Concerto No 1 and Vic Hoyland's piano piece `The Other Side of the Air'.
	20011013		Graham Lynch: Invisible Cities. Tom Ingoldsby: Wave Etchings. Joby Talbot: Lover's Ink. Colin Riley: The Inside Springs. Deirdre Gribbin: Jack B. Joby Talbot: minus 1500 Deirdre Gribbin: Jack B, played by the Composers Ensemble, and another piece by Joby Talbot: minus 1500, played by the London Sinfonietta.
Elektronic	20011020		Sarah Walker presents highlights of the `Elektronic' festival at London's Barbican celebrating the music and influence of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Includes a talk by the composer.
	20011027		A concert given by the ensemble Apartment House featuring the music of Laurence Crane and James Clarke. Verity Sharp and Sarah Walker talk to the composers.
	20011103		Music performed during Birmingham's Discover Denmark festival by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group under Pierre-Andre Valade. Plus chamber music by Salvatore Sciarrino.
	20011110		Sarah Walker presents a portrait of British composer Jonathan Harvey, including an interview and a concert of his music played by the BBC SO under Pierre-Andre Valade.
	20011117		Verity Sharp introduces a concert from this year's Oxford Contemporary Music Festival given by the ensemble Piano Circus. Plus orchestral music by Vladimir Tarnopolski.
	20011124		The Fidelio Trio. Gubaidulina: Silenzio; Chaconne. Denisov: Solo sonata for violin. Gubaidulina: Etudes Nos 4, 3, 5 and 9 for cello. Denisov: Trio.
Aftonland	20011201		A concert celebrating Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim, given by the BIT-20 Ensemble. Works include `Aftonland', `Tractatus', `Magic Island' and a reworking of `Tenebrae'.
	20011208		A concert given by BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury. Ligeti: Lux Aeterna. Birtwistle: Three motets (The Last Supper). Simon Holt: Startled Grass. Ligeti: Three Fantasies.
	20011215		In the third of five programmes from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Sarah Walker presents a portrait of the British composer James Wood.
From The Grammar Of Dreams	20011229		Sarah Walker introduces `From the Grammar of Dreams' - a collaboration between composer Kaija Saariaho and visual artist Raija Malka. Plus works by Rolf Wallin and Alejandro Vinao.
	20020105		New Zealand Quartet, BBC Scottish SO/Kenneth Young. Jack Body: Pulse. Ross Harris: Music for Jonny. Bowater: River of Ocean. De Castro Robinson: Other Echoes. Cresswell: Concerto.
The Opening Of The Mouth	20020112		Verity Sharp presents `The Opening of the Mouth' by Richard Barrett, a work for voices, instruments and electronics that explores death and the underworld. Elision/Simon Hewett.
	20020119		Nicolas Hodges (piano), Simon Limbrick (percussion), Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theatre. Schaeffer: Etude aux objets. Stockhausen: No 12 Kontakte. Dhomont: Le cycle du son.
	20020126		Sarah Walker introduces a programme of music by German and Austrian composers performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus works from last year's Donaueschingen Festival.
	20020202		Sarah Walker presents music by German composer Matthias Pintscher.
	20020209		In the first of two programmes devoted to the music of Helmut Lachenmann, Sarah Walker revisits the 2000 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
The Little Matchgirl	20020216		In the second of two programmes devoted to the music of Helmut Lachenmann, Sarah Walker presents a CD production of the composer's opera `The Little Matchgirl'.
	20020223		BBC Scottish SO/Pierre Andre Valade. Stuart MacRae: The Witch's Kiss. Gordon MacPherson: Handguns - A Suite. Jennifer Martin: Hearing Pictures. Edward Harper: Elegy for horn.
	20020302		To mark Wolfgang Rihm's fiftieth birthday this month, Verity Sharp introduces performances of two of his works given at the 2000 Huddersfield Festival.
	20020309		Sinfonia 21 under Martyn Brabbins play works by Julian Anderson, Jonathan Harvey and Claude Vivier. And Sarah Walker talks to composer Edward Cowie.
	20020316		BBC SO/Johannes Kalitzke. Joyce Bee Tuan Koh: Tai. Tanaka: Guardian Angel. Chin: Kala. Lim: The Tree of Life. Plus new music on CD by Toshio Hosokawa and Younghi Pagh-Paan.
A Scottish Edition	20020323		, including a concert featuring composers associated with Edinburgh University given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Garry Walker.
	20020330		Causton: Notturno. Cresswell: The Voice Inside. BBC Scottish SO/Volkov. Benjamin: Three Inventions. Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Lux Aeterna; Three Hungarian Etudes; Night; Morning.
	20020406		BCMG Ensemble/Peter Rundel. Julian Anderson: Alhambra Fantasy. Huw Watkins: Sonata for cello and eight instruments. Gerald Barry: Dead March. Turnage: Bass Inventions.
	20020413		London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen. Hans Werner Henze: Trauer-Ode fur Margaret Geddes. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Dark Crossing. Robert Zuidam: McGonagall-Lieder.
Snowblind	20020420		Goldberg Ensemble/Malcolm Layfield. Skempton: Sarabande. Duddell: Generation. Fox: Shadow Cast. Waltham-Smith: Chronicles. Plus a recording of Duddell's `Snowblind'.
	20020427		BBC Philharmonic/James MacMillan play works by Cetiz, Dickson, Groves, Leal, Croft and Mulgan. MacMillan: Parthenogenesis. New Ensemble/James MacMillan.
	20020504		Martyn Brabbins conducts the London Sinfonietta in music by William Atwood, Julia Simpson, Dai Fujikura, David Gorton, Tarik O'Regan and Ben Foskett.
State Of The Nation 2	20020511		Verity Sharp presents the second of two programmes from the recent State of the Nation festival. Including new works by MacRae, Foskett, Bedford, Cole, Paredes, Clay and Olsen.
	20020518		The ensemble Ixion perform new music by composers including Robert Saxton, Stephen Montague, Tara Guram, Alison Kay, Andrew Toovey, Michael Finnissy and Chris Newman.
	20020525		A London Sinfonietta concert of new music by Jonathan Cole, Detlev Glanert, Maxwell Davies and George Perle. Plus at 12.15 a discussion of English music in the 1960s and 70s.
	20020608		Ensembles from Russia and Latvia visit Oxford to perform new music by Ustvolskaya, Sioumak, Tarnopolski, Kourliandsky, Vustin, Kesselman and Korndorff.
	20020615		New music composed and chosen (Takemitsu, Sciarrino and Xenakis) by the brilliant Scottish composer James Dillon, plus chamber music by Mediterranean composers.
	20020622		Verity Sharp introduces new music by Jonty Harrison, Ozzie Johnston, Gavin Bryars, Pwyll ap Sion, Poul Ruders and Robert Ghillies.
	20020629		Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Arditti Quartet. Parades: Can silim tun. Dillon: Vapor. Neuwirth: Nova mob. Kurtag: String Quartet No 1; Officium breve in memoriam A S; Zwiegesprach.
	20020706		A composer portrait of Morton Feldman by the Composers' Ensemble. Music by Feldman, Stravinsky, Cage, Wolff, Wolpe and Webern.
Two Concerts From The Edinburgh Festival	20020901		Allan Neave (guitar), BBC Scottish SO under Ilan Volkov play MacPherson, MacRae and MacMillan. Plus Stefano Scodanibbio on double bass.
	20030301		New music by Simon Holt, Wolfgang Rihm, Jonathan Harvey and Larry Goves performed in concerts by Sinfonia 21 and the Nash Ensemble.
Orchestral Frames And Musique Concrete	20030412		In a special session for Hear and Now, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Porcelijn plays two works by Kevin Volans written over the last twelve years; 100 Frames for Orchestra (1991) and Concerto for Orchestra his most recent orchestral piece, commissioned by the BBC and premiered by the BBCSO in 2002. Alwynne Pritchard introduces the works. Plus Robert Worby launches the first of five reports from a new electronic music festival, co-produced between Hear and Now and the ICA: 'Cut And Splice'. The series looks at the history of electronic music over the last forty years, and kicks off here with Musique Concrète, featuring the pioneering work of Bernard Parmegiani alongside pieces by Montreal sound artist Christian Calon and Austria's Farmers Manual.
	20030426		London Sinfonietta And Warp Records The London Sinfonietta conducted by Stefan Asbury joins forces with Warp Records for the opening concert from the second Ether Festival, given in March on London's South Bank. The music of Nancarrow, Cage, Ligeti, Ives and Stockhausen is heard alongside special arrangements by Margan Hayes and David Horne of tracks by Squarepusher, Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin. Plus, Warp artist Mira Calix performs a new version of her piece Nunu, made from recordings of insect noises. With Rolf Hind (prepared piano), Simon Haram (saxophone) and Sound Intermedia (electronics). In Electro-Instruments, the third instalment from the Cut And Splice festival, Robert Worby introduces music from the British sound sculptor Janek Schaeffer; the results of Oval's collaboration with Eriko Toyoda; and Quartet Electronische's new realisation of John Cage's Cartridge Music (1960).
Young Composers From The Hcmf	20030503		Alwynne Pritchard presents a concert recorded at the 2002 Huddersfield Festival, in which young composers had the chance to hear their works performed by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by James MacMillan. Simon Mawhinney: The Pot of Pulgarve Si-Hyun Yi: Remembering Alison Kay: Rainbow Serpent David Knotts: Nightwatching - ways of looking at the moon Anna Meredith: Torque Plus, Robert Worby presents his penultimate report from our Cut and Splice Festival of electronic music at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, and 'Plunderphonics' features sonic cut-up creations by People Like Us (aka Vicki Bennett), Marie Goyette and Nicolas Collins.
Gerard Brophy At 60	20030510		The first of two editions spotlighting recent Australian music. Sarah Walker presents a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic marking Gerard Brophy's 60th birthday. It includes the world premiere of his 'Guitar Concerto in Blue', a BBC co-commission with Symphony Australia, conducted by Clark Rundell and featuring soloist Craig Ogden. Also on the bill are Brophy's 'Mâtho' and 'Colour red...your mouth...heart', and the UK premiere of Mary Finsterer's 'Sequi', played by the Arditti Quartet. Plus in the final report from Hear and Now's Cut and Splice Festival in London, Robert Worby introduces 'Soundscapes' created by Francisco Lopez, Gregg Wagstaff, and Chris Watson.
Sonorities Festival	20030517		Belfast's new music festival Sonorities has an Antipodean theme this year, focusing on music from Australia and New Zealand. Ivan Hewett introduces the Festival's main orchestral concert given by the Ulster Orchestra, conductor David Porcelijn, featuring two BBC commissions, plus highlights from a recital by leading Australian new music group Elision. Gareth Farr: Naga Baba Peter Sculthorpe: Nourlangie Alan Banks, guitar Gordon Kerry: Upon empty air (BBC Commission world premiere) Elaine Agnew: Slasp (BBC Commission world premiere) Elena Kats-Chernin: Heaven is closed.
Brighton Festival	20030524		Sarah Walker reports from the Brighton Festival and introduces Ixion in a concert of UK and world premieres by young European composers, alongside music by more familiar names: Sonni Petrovski (Macedonia), Michael Blake (UK), Filippo Perocco (Italy), Dominik Karski (Poland), Michael Finnissy (UK), Jonathan Harvey (UK), Morgan Hayes (UK), Andrew Hamilton (Ireland) and the group's director Andrew Toovey (UK).
Ars Musica	20030531		Alwynne Pritchard presents music from the Ars Musica Festival in Brussels, and interviews composers about their work. The festival director, Tino Haenen, has stated that he wants the whole range of music from the 20th and 21st centuries to be on stage, and so alongside featured composers George Benjamin and Toshio Hosokawa there's music from the older generation, including Giacinto Scelsi and Pauline Oliveros.
Oxford Contemporary Music	20030607		Britten Sinfonia Tom Service talks to John Woolrich about curating the Britten Sinfonia's recent Contemporary Music Network tour. To celebrate John Zorn's 50th birthday, the concert features two of Zorn's contrasting works, Angelus Novus and For Your Eyes Only; the latter showing the huge influence that cartoon music has had on Zorn's output. Also on the bill are John Adams' wry take on Schoenberg in his Chamber Symphony and John Woolrich's Music from a House of Crossed Desires, a compressed fantasy drawn from the music from his 1995 opera.
The Shooting Star	20030614		To mark the first anniversary of the premature death of organist and composer Janet Owen Thomas, friends, teachers and contemporaries paid tribute in a concert juxtaposing her own works with those of her former teachers: György Ligeti, Anthony Gilbert and Robert Saxton. The performers include Kevin Bowyer (organ), the Goldberg Ensemble directed by Malcolm Layfield, Philip Dukes (viola), Jane Ford (piano) and the Bingham Quartet. Also tonight, as part of the spnm's 60th birthday celebrations, the BBC Singers, conducted by Nicholas Kok, perform pieces from the current spnm reading list as well as works by former spnm presidents. Presented by Sarah Walker. Guy Newbury: May Nicholas Brown: Stillness Alan Williams: Messages from the Scrolls Robin Holloway: Woefully Arrayed Peter Maxwell: Davies Reliqui Domum Meum Elizabeth Maconchy: Nocturnal ".
Music For Spaces	20030621		As Radio 3 embarks on a week-long survey of ideas about architecture, Alwynne Pritchard presents a focus on music's relationship with buildings, starting with Chroma by Rebecca Saunders, a new site-specific work performed by Music Projects London with conductor Richard Bernas in the galleries and recesses of Tate Modern in London. This is the composer's own mix of a work that can only otherwise be heard ambiently. Plus, Music For Spaces: Composers including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lamont Young and Alvin Lucier describe how they write music which exploits or transforms the performing space. Then a concert co-promoted with Hear And Now at the Bath Festival. The London Sinfonietta is conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Graham Fitkin: Ardent Rebecca Saunders: Quartet with Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) Morgan Hayes: Dark Room Richard Barrett: Stirrings Laurence Crane: Estonia Sam Hayden: Collateral Damage.
Oxford Contemporary Music	20030628		Arditti Quartet Sarah Walker presents a concert given by the Arditti Quartet earlier in the month, including several pieces written especially for them. The concert also features a world premiere of a BBC Radio 3 commission by Jonathan Powell. Salvatore Sciarrino: 6 Quartetti brevi Salvatore Sciarrino: Quartet No.7 Jonathan Powell: Quartet No.2 Olga Neuwirth: Settori Helmut Lachenmann: Quartet No.3 Grido (UK premiere) And continuing with Jonathan Powell's music, the composer performs a selection of his own piano music.
	20030712		Sarah Walker introduces a special Hear and Now invitation concert from the BBC's Maida Vale studios, given by the Duke Quartet who specialise in contemporary music. In addition to Joby Talbot's String Quartet No.1 and Arvo Pärts Summa, the quartet played alongside one and two taped quartets respectively in Kevin Volans' String Quartet No.6 and Steve Reich's Triple Quartet. The concert also included George Crumb's 1970 quasi-programmatic parable on modern times, Black Angels, in which the amplified quartet are required to play crystal glasses, thimbles and various percussion. Continuing with the music of Kevin Volans, the composer talks about writing for string quartet and the challenge of composing the concerto for piano and wind instruments, performed here by Peter Donohoe and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, conducted by Daniel Harding.
Cheltenham And Brighton Festivals	20030719		Robert Worby reports from this year's Cheltenham Music Festival and takes in a lunchtime concert given by Noszferatu. The quintet performs an eclectic mix of music including three world premieres. Joe Cutler: Strikin' Out Andrew Poppy: More Less Matter (world premiere) Jonathan Powell: Drempel (world premiere) Laurence Crane: Four Minitures (world premiere) Frank Lyons: Dazed by the Haze Luke Stoneham: Left by Silver Lake Yannis Kyriakides: Chaoids And to Mark Stephen Montague's 60th birthday, music from the Brighton Festival for piano and tape, performed by Philip Mead.
	20030809		Tom Service presents a double bill of concerts from the London Sinfonietta, featuring the world premiere of a new work by Goehr conducted by Oliver Knussen, and with Peter Serkin as the piano soloist.
	20030816		Sarah Walker presents a new one-act opera based on the finding of a body in a hollow tree in the Midlands in the 1940s. Simon Holt: Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm? Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Andrew Slater (baritone) Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Alexander Briger (conductor) Recorded at the Aldeburgh Festival on 21st June. Plus, a concert from Birmingham by the BCMG conducted by Susanna Mälkki: David Sawer: Tiroirs Param Vir: TheTheatre of Magical Beings (world premiere) Toru Takemitsu: Rain Coming Magnus Lindberg: Jubilees.
Cut And Splice - Part 1	20030823		Robert Worby presents highlights from the Cut and Splice festival of electronic music held in London last Spring, including musique concrète, soundscapes, plunderphonics and turntablism. Bernard Parmegiani: La M�moire des sons Chris Watson: Vatnajökull Trevor Wishart: Fabulous Paris Plus performances by Marie Goyette, Janek Schaefer and Quartet Electronische.
Edinburgh International Festival 2003	20030830		Brian Morton talks to the Nieuw Ensemble's artistic director Joel Bons about their long-standing relationships with Chinese composers, and presents a concert given by Scotland's Paragon Ensemble featuring three generations of Japanese chamber music. Mo Wuping: Fan II Chen Qigang: Poeme lyrique II Guo Wenjing: She Huo Qu Xiaosong Ji #1 Xu Shuya: L'Ame de hamu Shi Kelong (baritone) Nieuw Ensemble David Procelijn (conductor) Toru Takemitsu: Rain Spell Toshio Hosokawa: Voyage I; Slow Dance Yoritsune Matsudaira 3 Airs by Genji Monogatari (exc) Yumi Nara (soprano) Paragon Ensemble Garry Walker (conductor).
International Rostrum Of Composers	20030906		In the first of two editions looking at recent festivals, Ivan Hewett and Philip Tagney discuss the International Rostrum of Composers held in Vienna last May, and introduce some of the best pieces submitted by radio stations from around the world, including pieces by Gyula Bankovi, Damian Barbeler, Deirdre Gribbin, Perttu Haapanen, Johannes-Maria Staud and this year's Selected Work, Hanna Kulenty: Trumpet Concerto.
Festivals Round-up	20030913		In the second edition looking at recent festivals, Robert Worby presents a round-up of electronic music festivals including Bourges, where British composers Ambrose Field and Adrian Moore won prizes, and he reports from last weekend's Ars Electronica, Linz, which featured music by Hecker, Sachiko M and a sound-park installation by Antye Greie-Fuchs.
Lou Harrison	20030920		Ivan Hewett presents a portrait of the American composer Lou Harrison, including a performance from this year's Spitalfields Festival of his Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra by the Continuum Ensemble, who also give the UK premiere of Jose Evangelista's Merapi.
Vale Of Glamorgan Festival	20030927		Sarah Walker introduces the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Pierre-Andr� Valade in a concert which features works by Anthony Powers, David Sawer, John Metcalf and Matthew Hindson as well as Stephen Montague's recent concerto for flute and harp, Disparate Dances (2002). Played here by Philippa Davies (flute) and Catrin Finch (harp), it takes its inspiration from dances from all over the world, including Eastern Europe, Japan and Irish-America. And, rounding off Hear and Now's coverage of the Spitalfields Festival, ensemblebash celebrate their tenth birthday with a concert which features new works Howard Skempton and Stephen Montague.
Floof! 1	20031004		The first of four editions featuring the CBSO's contemporary concert series devised and directed by Sakari Oramo last May in Birmingham. Tom Service was there to find out more and to talk to the composers represented about their music and their ideas. Magnus Lindberg: Gran Duo Jonathan Harvey: White As Jasmine Julian Anderson: The Crazed Moon Esa-Pekka Salonen: LA Variations Anu Komsi (soprano) CBSO/Sakari Oramo and Esa-Pekka Salonen Plus, at about 11.45pm, the first of four weekly supplements about the phenomenon that is IRCAM (the Institute for Acousitcal and Musical Research and Co-ordination). Tom Service talks to Georgina Born about the French social and artistic milieu that gave rise to the now famous electronic music institution, founded by Pierre Boulez in 1977. And each week there's music by some of the composers who have worked there over the years: this week two works by Jonathan Harvey - Ritual Melodies for quadraphonic tape and Bhakti, played by nouvel ensemble moderne, directed by Lorraine Vaillancourt.
Floof! 2	20031011		Franco Donatoni Esa - In Cauda Magnus Lindberg Piano Concerto Esa-Pekka Salonen Lachen Verlernt, Foreign Bodies Magnus Lindberg (piano) Sakari Oramo (violin) CBSO Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Plus another work from the archives at IRCAM, the electronic music and technology research centre in Paris. This week, music by another Finn, now resident in Paris, Kaija Saariaho. Tom Service introduces Lonh, for soprano and electronics, in a CD recording by Dawn Upshaw.
Floof! 3	20031018		Julian Anderson....Alhambra Fantasy Magnus Lindberg....Twine Esa-Pekka Salonen....Floof! Simon Holt....eco-pavan Mauricio Kagel....Double Sextet Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Sakari Oramo and Esa-Pekka Salonen with Anu Komsi (soprano) and Rolf Hind (piano) Plus, at about 12.20am, another work from the archives at IRCAM, the electronic music and technology research centre in Paris. This week, more music by Magnus Lindberg: Joy, performed by Avanti! conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Next week's programme starts at 11:00pm.
Floof! 4	20031025		Gyorgy Ligeti: Lontano Philippe Schoeller: Totems Julian Anderson: Shir Hashirim Jonathan Harvey: Tranquil Abiding Hanspeter Kyburz: Noesis Anu Komsi (soprano) CBSO Sakari Oramo (conductor) Plus, an archive recording from 1985 of Pierre Boulez talking about the IRCAM mission as the organisation neared its tenth anniversary, and Magnus Lindberg's Joy, made at IRCAM and performed by Avanti!/Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
Spnm At 60	20031101		In celebration of the spnm's 60th anniversary, Alwynne Pritchard introduces an spnm concert recorded in June at the Spitalfields Festival, featuring the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Richard Baker. Judith Weir: King Harald sails to Byzantium Iain Matheson: Pieces of pieces (WP) Philip Neil Martin: Long After Darkness Cover (WP) Thea Musgrave: Lamenting with Ariadne (London Premiere) Also tonight, part of an spnm concert curated by Robert Saxton and given by the BBC Singers, including works by Elisabeth Lutyens and Elizabeth Maconchy - both important figures in the early years of the spnm - plus Woefully Arrayed by a composer also 60 this year, Robin Holloway.
Bbc So: 60th Birthdays	20031108		The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 60th birthdays of Gavin Bryars and Stephen Montague earlier this year, along with British and American works by '40-somethings' Graham Fitkin and Michael Gordon. David Porcelijn conducts and Robert Worby presents. Graham Fitkin: Fervent Gavin Bryars: The Bulls Of Bashan. Violin Concerto Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Michael Gordon: Romeo Stephen Montague: From The White Edge Of Phrygia And around midnight, more music by Gavin Bryars, performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at The Arena Festival in Latvia earlier this month. / "BBC SO: 60th Birthdays The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 60th birthdays of Gavin Bryars and Stephen Montague earlier this year, along with British and American works by '40-somethings' Graham Fitkin and Michael Gordon. David Porcelijn conducts and Robert Worby presents. Graham Fitkin: Fervent Gavin Bryars: The Bulls Of Bashan. Violin Concerto Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Michael Gordon: Romeo Stephen Montague: From The White Edge Of Phrygia And around midnight, more music by Gavin Bryars, performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at The Arena Festival in Latvia earlier this month. " / "BBC SO: 60th Birthdays The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 60th birthdays of Gavin Bryars and Stephen Montague earlier this year, along with British and American works by '40-somethings' Graham Fitkin and Michael Gordon. David Porcelijn conducts and Robert Worby presents. Graham Fitkin: Fervent Gavin Bryars: The Bulls Of Bashan. Violin Concerto Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Michael Gordon: Romeo Stephen Montague: From The White Edge Of Phrygia And around midnight, more music by Gavin Bryars, performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at The Arena Festival in Latvia earlier this month. " / "BBC SO: 60th Birthdays The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 60th birthdays of Gavin Bryars and Stephen Montague earlier this year, along with British and American works by '40-somethings' Graham Fitkin and Michael Gordon. David Porcelijn conducts and Robert Worby presents. Graham Fitkin: Fervent Gavin Bryars: The Bulls Of Bashan. Violin Concerto Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Michael Gordon: Romeo Stephen Montague: From The White Edge Of Phrygia And around midnight, more music by Gavin Bryars, performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at The Arena Festival in Latvia earlier this month. ".
Bmic Cutting Edge	20031115		From this year's bmic Cutting Edge series, the Royal Northern College of Music's Brass and Wind Ensemble directed by James Gourlay joins forces with pianist Philip Mead for a concert of works by British composers: Meld....Nicholas Sackman Arenas....Simon Emmerson Gold....Diana Burrell Lucifer....Geoffrey Poole And following on from Lucifer, Sarah Walker introduces more works by Geoffrey Poole in conversation with the composer. String Quartet No 3 Lindsay Quartet Septembral Gemini.
Big Noise	20031129		As part of BBC Radio 3's coverage of the London Jazz Festival, Sarah Walker presents Big Noise, a collaboration between UK-based Icebreaker and Dutch ensemble Orkest de Volharding as they embark on their Contemporary Music Network tour. The programme includes four world premieres including two BBC Radio 3 commissions by Joe Cutler (Jack The Diamond's Jamming Station) and Yannis Kyriakides (Lab Fly Dreams), as well as new works by Dutch composers Cornelis de Bondt and Diderik Wagenaar.
Ferneyhough Portrait	20031206		From a BBC Invitation Concert in August the music of Brian Ferneyhough is celebrated by the BBC Singers and Lontano, directed by Odaline de la Martinez.
Huddersfield Festival 2003 - Part 1	20031213		In the first of three programmes dedicated to this year's festival, tonight the BBC Singers give the UK premiere of James Dillon's '...residue' and the world premiere of One-and-a-Half Truths, a Huddersfield Festival commission from young British composer Bernard Hughes. The Arditti Quartet give the world premiere of James Clarke's own Huddersfield Festival commission, his String Quartet; and the UK premieres of James Dillon's Soadie Waste and String Quartet no.4 by Jonathan Harvey.
Huddersfield Festival 2003 - Part 2	20031220		In tonight's programme, Helmut Oehring is the composer in focus for Apartment House's appearance at the festival: the concert performance includes electronics, masks and lighting effects, and features the world premiere of Oehring's String Quartet no 2 Marie B (Seven Chambers). Other pieces include Sexton A, Foxfire Zwei, Locked-In and ER.eine.She. Not to be confused with their British namesakes, the Continuum Ensemble from Toronto perform UK premieres by Canadian composers Michael Oesterle, Linda C. Smith, Scott Wilson and Claude Vivier, and the UK premiere of British composer Richard Ayres' No 34b Two Pieces for Cello and Ensemble. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard and Sarah Walker
Huddersfield Festival 2003 - Part 3	20031227		A Berio Tribute From Huddersfield Sarah Walker presents further highlights from the 26th Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, this week featuring the Venetian based Ex Novo Ensemble who pay a tribute to their fellow countryman Luciano Berio who died earlier in the year. Berio's masterpiece A-Ronne is the main work in a concert given by one of the foremost contemporary vocal groups the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. Ex Novo Ensemble Donatoni: Spice (Ronda No 2) Berio: Sequenza I Emanuele Casale: Composizione per cinque strumenti Berio: Sequenza IV Donatoni: Ciglio Claudio Ambrosini: De vulgari eloquentia Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Berio: Sequenza III Salvatore Sciarrino: L'Alibi della parola George Aperghis: Petrrohl (UK Premiere) Berio: A-Ronne / Huddersfield Festival III A Berio tribute from Huddersfield Sarah Walker presents further highlights from the 26th Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, this week featuring the Venetian based Ex Novo Ensemble who pay a tribute to their fellow countryman Luciano Berio who died earlier in the year. Berio's masterpiece A-Ronne is the main work in a concert given by one of the foremost contemporary vocal groups the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. Ex Novo Ensemble Donatoni: Spice (Ronda No 2) Berio: Sequenza I Emanuele Casale: Composizione per cinque strumenti Berio: Sequenza IV Donatoni: Ciglio Claudio Ambrosini: De vulgari eloquentia Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Berio: Sequenza III Salvatore Sciarrino: L'Alibi della parola George Aperghis: Petrrohl (UK Premiere) Berio: A-Ronne.
Xenakis 1	20040103		The first of two programmes featuring the thrillingly elemental music of Iannis Xenakis, 'Designer in Sound' Xenakis: Okho; Eonta; Échange; N'Shima; Thallein (recorded on 7 October 2003) Mark van de Wiel (bass clarinet) Nicolas Hodges (piano) Linda Hirst and Hilary Summers (mezzo-sopranos) London Sinfonietta Diego Masson (conductor) Also tonight, a classic early work and a major new piece by Birtwistle. Harrison Birtwistle: Tragoedia; Theseus Game (UK premiere, recorded on 2 December 2003; both concerts given at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London) London Sinfonietta conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Pierre-Andr� Valade.
Xenakis 2	20040110		BBC SO In the second of two programmes looking at the music of Iannis Xenakis, Alwynne Pritchard presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pascal Roph� in an invitation concert recorded in the BBC's Maida Vale studios in November. Xenakis: Trac�es Xenakis: Le Sacrifice Xenakis: Erikhthon Piano concerto no.2 Nicolas Hodges (piano) Xenakis: Six chansons (solo piano) Xenakis: Empreintes Xenakis: Ata Later tonight, the musical focus switches from the Mediterranean to the Baltic as the London Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-Andr� Valade gives the UK Premiere of Estonian composer Peter Eötvös's Wind Sequences featuring the flautist Sebastian Bell.
Cage Weekend	20040117		The BBC Symphony Orchestra's annual January Composer Weekend turns the attention on the American radical, John Cage. Ivan Hewett presents two concerts recorded earlier today: firstly, a lunchtime concert recorded in the church of St Giles Cripplegate, with the Duke Quartet playing Cage's String Quartet in 4 parts (1949-50) a simple work influenced by Indian philosophy, and Four (1989). And later, percussionist Richard Benjafield is joined by Sound Intermedia and students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for a percussion extravaganza, 'Constructions In Metal'. John Cage First Construction (in Metal) John Cage Living room music John Cage Credo in US John Cage Child of tree Peter Garland The Three Strange Angels Henry Cowell Ostinato pianissimo John Cage Third Construction.
After Cage	20040124		Following on from Cage Weekend, a presentation of music by students and followers of John Cage from both the UK and the USA. Gavin Bryars: The Squirrel And The Rickety Rackety Bridge (and other early experimental works) Seth Josel and Anton Lukoszevieze (electric guitars) Ulrich Krieger (saxophone) From Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Stephen Montague: Rim Fire; Chew Chow Chatterbox Howard Skempton: Slipstream Ensemble Bash From Spitalfields Festival Philip Glass: Ik-ook David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing Crash Ensemble.
Ferneyhough Portrait	20040131		Further to last month's celebration of Ferneyhough's music given by Lontano, Ensemble Expos� directed by Roger Redgate juxtaposes Ferneyhough's music with that of his contemporaries, recorded as part of the BMICs recent Cutting Edge series. Brian Ferneyhough: Funerailles 1 Roger Redgate: Oboe Quintet Brian Ferneyhough: Funerailles II James Gardner: Grauschlieren Brian Ferneyhough: Allgebrah Then Mieko Kanno and the New Music Players pay their own tribute to Ferneyhough in a concert given as part of the composers 60th birthday celebrations in January 2003.
Elliott Carter And Stuart Macrae	20040207		A focus on two composers tonight: the senior American Elliott Carter and young Scot Stuart MacRae. Stuart MacRae: Stirling Choruses Elliott Carter: Boston Concerto Xenakis: Voile Xenakis: Keren BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elliott Carter: Dialogues (World Premiere) London Sinfonietta Oliver Knussen (conductor) Nicolas Hodges (piano) (Recorded 23 January at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London) Stuart MacRae: Violin Concerto Stuart MacRae: Portrait II BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor_ Teddi Papavrami (violin) (Recorded 22 November 2003 at Glasgow Tramway).
Birtwistle And Maxwell Davies	20040214		Sarah Walker introduces the BBC Philharmonic performing three works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Bach Measures (conducted by the composer), The Cry Of Anubis and Exody (both conducted by James MacMillan). Also tonight, the Maggini Quartet performs the World Premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Naxos Quartet No 3.
Hear And Now Invitation Concert: Bradyworks	20040221		Sarah Walker introduces Canadian composer/electric guitarist Tim Brady, who is known for his innovative guitar work, but also for radiant orchestrations and dramatic structures. He has created music in a wide range of musical genres, from electronic sound through relative abstraction and Andreissen-esque minimalism to rock riffs. In this Hear and Now Invitation Concert recorded in November 2003, the ensemble performs some of Brady's works alongside those of British contemporaries Laurence Crane and Joe Cutler. And later, music taken from a recital given by organist Michael Bonaventure in October 2003 from the McEwen Hall at the University of Edinburgh, including the soloist's own arrangement of Laurence Crane's Sparling.
Bmic: Plus-minus	20040228		From the BMIC's Cutting Edge series, the ensemble Plus-Minus - a collective with bases in both London and Brussels - performs a concert of new works, juxtaposed with core modern repertoire. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard, in conversation with Matthew Shlomowitz. Bryn Harrison: Rise Matthew Shlomowitz: Thought Rhythms Michael Finnissy: WAM Stefan Van Eycken: A feeling of something happening Richard Ayres: No 19 Richard Barrett: von hinter dem Schmerz Stockhausen/Erik Ulman: Plus-Minus Plus, music by Chris Dench performed by guitarist Geoffrey Morris.
British Concertos...	20040306		Sarah Walker introduces music by British composers from two recent concerts, including several concertos. Firstly, a Hear and Now invitation concert given by the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Hickox in January at the BBC's Maida Vale studios; all four pieces are receiving their first broadcast tonight. Alasdair Nicolson: Ghosts at the Water's Edge Nigel Osborne: Oboe Concerto Nicholas Daniel (oboe) William Attwood: Colour Down the Side Giles Swayne: Mancanza Guitar Concerto Craig Ogden (guitar) Later, music by John Woolrich to celebrate his 50th birthday, played by the Orchestra of St John's Smith Square conducted by John Lubbock. Also tonight, Robert Worby talks to Gavin Bryars about his website diary of his current work in progress.
Fuse Festival	20040313		As part of BBC Radio 3's coverage of the new Leeds festival Fuse, Robert Worby introduces music for string quartet from concerts by the Mondriaan Quartet of Amsterdam and the Smith Quartet, including works by John Zorn and Django Bates.
New French Composers 1	20040320		Alwynne Pritchard presents the first of two programmes dedicated to new music in France. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Pierre-Andre Valade. Apex....Pascal Dusapin Athanor....Joel-François Durand Sound and Fury....Philippe Manoury.
New French Composers 2	20040327		BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sarah Walker presents the second programme looking at contemporary French music, including works from the older generation, recorded in January at a BBC invitation Concert. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Jurjen Hempel. Hugues Dufourt: La Gondole sur la lagune Marc-Andr� Dalbavie: Concertino pour orchestre Henri Dutilleux: Sur le même accord (Nocturne) Elizabeth Layton (violin) Hugues Dufourt: Les Chasseurs dans la neige Henri Dutilleux: Mystère de L'instant.
Inventions: Ferneyhough In Focus	20040403		Alwynne Pritchard reports from the London Sinfonietta's 'Inventions: Ferneyhough in Focus' day from February. Martyn Brabbins conducts three of Brian Ferneyhough's scores covering some twenty years: Carceri d'Invenzione I, Incipits and the UK premiere of Seven Tableaux Vivants Representing the Angel of History as Melancholia (with Roderick Williams as narrator). There's also music by Richard Barrett and a world premiere by SPNM shortlisted composer Tazul Tajuddin whose inspiration came from the same Piranesi etchings which inspired Ferneyhough's Carceri cycle.
Young Brits 1	20040410		David Porcelijn conducts the BBC SO in an Invitation Concert recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in March. Sarah Walker introduces the UK premieres of David Horne's Piano Concerto (with the composer as soloist) and Calling Timbuktu by Dai Fujikura. The concert also included works by Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton and Simon Holt. Plus, more music from the London Sinfonietta's Inventions Day - the world premiere of Dai Fujikura's Fifth Station.
Young Brits 2	20040417		The soprano Claire Booth joins the BBC SSO conducted by Garry Walker to give the world premiere of Tom Young's BBC commission Rattle Bag in a concert that also included the world premiere of Borrowed Time by Jonathan Pitkin, The Day Dawn by Sally Beamish and Paul Keenan's Concerto for Groups of Instruments. Later, pianist Sarah Nicolls plays piano music by young British composers, recorded at last year's Bath Festival. Presented by Ivan Hewett.
Germans And Austrians	20040424		Sarah Walker presents a concert given by the BBC SO conducted by Johannes Kalitzke, featuring the UK Premieres of music by four leading German and Austrian composers. Johannes Kalitzke: Chasse Royal Charlotte Seither: Paires d'alternances Beat Furrer: Orpheus' Bücher With the BBC Singers Elizabeth Poole (soprano) Simon Birchall (bass) Stephen Bryant (violin) Dawn Neller (violin) Norbert Blume (viola) Graham Bradshaw (cello) Donald Walker (double bass) Tobias PM Schneid: Einklang, Op 1 Plus, from last year's Huddersfield Festival, pianist Nicolas Hodges gives the world premiere of Peter Ablinger's Voices and Piano.
Sonorities	20040501		Robert Worby reports from Belfast with two electronic music events from the Sonorities Festival. Living legend Karlheinz Stockhausen introduces and oversees a performance of Oktophonie from his large-scale opera cycle Licht. And another Modernist master provides the focus for Cut And Splice, a Sonic Arts Network/Hear And Now co-promotion given earlier this evening featuring early electronic pieces by Iannis Xenakis, and live performances by two composers following in his footsteps: Curtis Roads performing Point Line Cloud, and Russell Haswell using Xenakis's GenDyn software.
Sligo New Music Festival	20040508		Sarah Walker introduces music from the Sligo New Music Festival. Rebecca Saunders is the featured composer, and the festival's guest ensemble is the German group musikFabrik, who have performed Saunders' works many times including numerous world premieres. Tonight they play four of her works, along with pieces by Lachenmann and Ustvolskaya.
	20040515		London Sinfonietta Martyn Brabbins conducts the London Sinfonietta in a concert given in March including the world premiere of Two interludes for an Opera by Jonathan Harvey, and the UK premieres of James Clarke's Concetto Spaziale (per Lucio Fontana), Georg Friedrich Haas' Monodie, and Sphäre um Sphäre by Wolfgang Rihm. Jonathan Harvey's classic electronic work Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco completes the programme. Presented by Ivan Hewett.
Norwegian Word	20040522		Alwynne Pritchard presents a two-part overview of the new music scene in Norway, beginning with a special report on Oslo's 2003 Ultima Festival entitled 'echoes from an era', including interviews and music by featured local composers Rolf Wallin and Maja Ratkje. There's also a Modernist classic, Stockhausen's Mixtur for orchestra and ring-modulators, played by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. And from the burgeoning young electronic music scene in Bergen, Alwynne finds out what 20-somethings like Bad Bikini and Sir Dupermann are getting up to with their laptops.
Sonorities 1	20040529		Sarah Walker introduces a performance from the recent Sonorities festival, as percussion trio The Electronic Hammer presents a concert of music for percussion and electronics, including works by Henry Vega, Javier Alvarez and Cort Lippe. And later, the focus is on Karlheinz Stockhausen who introduces and oversees the world premiere of an extended multi-channel electronic piece from his Licht opera-cycle: Mittwochs-Abscheid.
Sonorities 2	20040605		Sonorities Further to last month's coverage of Belfast's Sonorities Festival, Robert Worby introduces a concert given there to celebrate the Sonic Arts Network's 25th birthday, featuring music using electronics written since its formation by composers including Hugh Davies, Simon Emmerson, Jonty Harrison, Stephen Montague and Kaffe Matthews.
Kaiku - A Celebration Of Finnish Music	20040612		As part of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's celebratory weekend of all things Finnish, John Storgårds conducts Avanti! plus soprano Anu Komsi and accordionist Veli Kujala in a programme of chamber music. Jouni Kaipainen: Two Arias from The Miracle of Constanze Aarre Merikanto: 'Schott' Concerto Tapio Tuomela: Virvatulia (Feux Follets) Paavo Heininen: Musique d'et� Esa-Pekka Salonen: Floof (Songs of a Homeostatic Homer) Later, Hear and Now visits a piano recital given by Tuija Hakkila, featuring Sonata No 4 'Epyllion II' by Usko Meriläinen.
London Sinfonietta - Ether Festival	20040619		The London Sinfonietta's 2003 collaboration with Warp Records was such a success that they have once again joined forces with leading figures of contemporary electronic music to create this concert, recorded in March 2004 at the QEH. As well as special arrangements of pieces by Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, and an appearance by Jamie Liddell, the Sinfonietta, conducted by Jurjen Hempel, performed works by Edgard Varèse, George Antheil, John Cage and Steve Reich. Presented by Sarah Walker
Bath Festival	20040626		Alwynne Pritchard introduces two young ensembles recorded at this year's Bath Festival. In an innovative venture, the Tate Ensemble led by clarinettist Vicky Wright has been working closely with various video artists and composers such as Donnacha Dennehy, Guy Harries, Matthew Shlomowitz, Gabriel Prokofiev and Gijs Kramers to create a series of pieces for quintet and DJ. And later, percussion quartet 4-Mality led by Adrian Spillett performs high energy works by Benjamin Wallfisch, Jan Bradley, Russell du Plessis and Brian Irvine.
Summer Festivals 1	20040703		In the first of five programmes taking in the music of various Summer festivals, Robert Worby visits the City of London Festival and takes in the music of George Crumb in three different concerts. In addition to Eleanor Alberga's Tiger Dream in Forest Green, the ensemble Conchord performs Crumb's Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale), and the cellist Claudio Bohorquez plays the Sonata for solo cello of 1955. The Galliard Ensemble and Friends play two works inspired by the works of the Andalusian poet and playwright Federico García Lorca: Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children and Madrigals, Book III, and the world premiere of Carlos Miranda's del amor insome noche based on recently discovered Lorca sonnets and commissioned by BBC Radio 3.
Summer Festivals 2 - Heltenham And Aldeburgh	20040710		Summer Festivals In the second programme taking in the music of various Summer festivals, Ivan Hewett visits both the Cheltenham and Aldeburgh Festivals and introduces a concert from each. The Composers' Ensemble's concert at the Aldeburgh Festival features music by two elder statesmen of British music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir Harrison Birtwistle, the latter celebrating his 70th birthday this week. Harrison Birtwistle: Refrains and Choruses Harrison Birtwistle: Tombeau in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky Peter Maxwell Davies: Seven In Nomine Peter Maxwell Davies: Ricercar and Doubles Peter Maxwell Davies: Canon In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky Harrison Birtwistle: Tragoedia From Cheltenham, the Duke Quartet gives a series of world premieres including works by Phillip Neil Martin and Simon Bainbridge as well as Alwynne Pritchard's Nocturne.
Summer Festivals 3 - Magyar Music: Hungary In Focus 2004	20040717		Summer Festivals More music from the Cheltenham Festival in a Hear and Now joint promoted concert given as part of Magyar Music: Hungary in Focus 2004. The London Sinfonietta is conducted by Pierre-Andr� Valade. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard. Harrison Birtwistle: Ritual Fragment Tansy Davies: Iris (WP) Simon Haram (saxophone) György Ligeti: Melodien Michael Berkeley: Double Guitar Concerto (WP) Paul Katona, Zoltán Katona (guitar) Zoltán Jeney: Heraclitian Fragments (UP) Harrison Birtwistle: Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum.
Summer Festivals 4	20040801		Sarah Walker introduces a Hear and Now joint promoted concert, in which the Arditti Quartet gives the UK premieres of Richard Barrett's faux departs and Brett Dean's Eclipse; and the quartet is joined by pianist Ian Pace for Elliott Carter's Quintet for piano and string quartet.
Summer Festivals 5	20040807		Hear and Now finishes its look at the Summer festivals with a co-promoted concert given by the BCMG, conducted by Brett Dean, from Cheltenham. The concert features two world premieres by Gerard McBurney: Eyebright and Tormentil and the BBC commission A Folder of Leaves. Nicole Tibbells is the soprano soloist in György Kurtág's Scenes from a Novel; and Thea Musgrave's Lamenting with Ariadne and Intimate Decisions by Brett Dean complete the concert. And later, from the 2003 Huddersfield Festival, Hungarian Ensemble UMZE perform two pieces by Peter Eötvös: Psy and Snatches of a Conversation. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard.
Aldeburgh Festival	20040814		As a coda to Hear and Now's recent coverage of this Summer's festivals, Hear and Now looks at a concert given at the Aldeburgh Festival by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, including music by John Woolrich, Tansy Davies, Bryn Harrison and Sir Harrison Birtwistle. And later, there's more music played by BCMG from a concert called Workers Union, when the group combined forces with amateur groups from the Birmingham area to play Gerald Barry, David Sawer and Colin Matthews. Presented by Robert Worby
	20040821		Presented by Ivan Hewett. Odaline de la Martinez and Daniel Asia direct the ensemble Lontano in a concert of American works by Daniel Asia and Earle Brown.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group	20040828		Sarah Walker introduces music from two concerts given by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. The first, conducted by Alexander Briger, features the British premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's song-cycle of war poems for baritone and ensemble The Torn Fields with Gerald Finley as the soloist; the world premiere of Three Pieces by Philip Cashian and Julian Anderson's Khorovod. Plus, music from a concert given by the BCMG in March entitled 'Workers Union' focussing on works written for a whole range of performers, from professional to amateur.
A Portrait Of H K Gruber	20040904		As part of 'Resonances', a three day festival last February celebrating the music of Viennese composer HK Gruber, the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gruber himself, performed a series of his works. Charivari, an Austrian journal, is based on the Johann Strauss II polka Perpetuum Mobile, and in his trumpet concerto Aerial, Gruber demands much of the soloist (here Swedish virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger) including singing down the instrument, sliding the valves in and out, and employing a wide variety of mutes. Gruber's early 1960s work Manhattan Broadcasts for chamber orchestra precedes his most famous composition, Frankenstein!! - a pan-demonium for baritone and orchestra with the composer as soloist.
Anthony Gilbert - A Retrospective	20040911		Ivan Hewett introduces a concert marking Anthony Gilbert's 70th birthday in July, given by the Endymion ensemble. They explored his highly individual chamber works including Elegy for piano (1967); Long White Moonlight (1980) for soprano and electric double bass; O'Grady Music (1971) for clarinet, cello and toy instruments; Spell Respell (1968) for electric bassett clarinet and piano; and the world premiere of Tinos for soprano, bass clarinet and vibraphone. The programme also features short tributes to Gilbert by some of his friends and former students including Martin Butler and Simon Holt.
Nancarrow's Children	20040918		Conlon Nancarrow's legendary studies for player-piano took rhythmic and contrapuntal complexity to new extremes. Alejandro Vinao explores his legacy.
Vale Of Glamorgan Festival 2004	20040925		Sarah Walker presents a concert from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Grant Llewellyn. Andrew Zolinsky is the soloist in the first performance of a Radio 3 commission, David Lang's FUR for piano and orchestra, and David Cowley is the soloist in Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto. Michael Daugherty's Sunset Strip and Michael Torke's Ecstatic Orange ballet complete this all-American sequence. Also tonight, music for solo percussion performed by Colin Currie from the Spitalfields Festival in London, including works by Roberto Maggio, David Lang, and the world premiere of Be by Dai Fujikura.
60th Birthdays: Nyman And Tavener	20041002		Marking the 60th birthdays of both Michael Nyman and John Tavener, Robert Worby introduces Christian Lindberg's performance of Nyman's Trombone Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer, and Self-laudatory hymn of Inanna and her Omnipotence performed by Fretwork and countertenor James Bowman. Robert also talks to Nyman about his life and career. Later, the Schubert Ensemble and soprano Patricia Rozario give the world premiere of a major new work by Tavener, Schuon Lieder, in a recording from this year's Cheltenham Festival.
Italians - Part One	20041009		Ivan Hewett presents the first of two weeks focusing on Italian music. Tonight, abstract Modernist works of the 1960s are contrasted with the younger generation. Aldo Clementi: Ideogrammi 1 Mauro Cardi: Effetto Notte Aldo Clementi: Ideogrammi 2 Luciano Berio: Serenata 1 Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales Kenneth Woods (conductor) Paolo Furlani: Il Raconto di Calliope Ensemble Freon Jacopo Baboni Schilingi: Il Colore del Blu Arditti Quartet.
Italians - Part Two	20041016		The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zsolt Nagy complete Hear and Now's look at Italian composers with a Studio Concert of Sciarrino and those who have come after him, featuring three UK premieres. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard. Ivan Fedele: Epos (UKP) Fausto Romitelli: Audiodrome (UKP) Salvatore Sciarrino: Caprices for solo violin (selection) Mieko Kanno (violin) Luca Francesconi: Wanderer (UKP).
Apartment House Studio Concert	20041023		Sarah Walker presents a studio concert of British works given by the chamber ensemble Apartment House led by virtuoso cellist Anton Lukoszevieze. Christopher Fox is the featured composer with two UK premieres and the world premiere of his recent BBC commission. Later, Robert Worby, in conversation with the composer, introduces Alvin Lucier's electronic piece Bird and Person Dyning, with tonight's performance coming from this year's CMN Feedback tour. Christopher Fox: Blank (UK premiere) Joanna Bailie: Charh (UK premiere) Christopher Fox: Komposition mit schwarz, rot und gelb [Composition in black, red and yellow] (UK Premiere) Laurence Crane: John White in Berlin (UK premiere) James Tenney: Harmonium #2 (UK premiere) Christopher Fox: ZONE (world premiere of BBC Commission) Alvin Lucier: Bird and Person Dyning.
Nordic Survey	20041030		Sarah Walker introduces two BBC ensembles performing music from Scandinavia. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Johannes Kalitzke in a recent Studio Concert in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, with all the pieces being given their UK premieres. Rolf Wallin: Act Bent Sørensen: Intermezzi from Under Himlen Lore Lixenberg and Marianne Rørholm (mezzo sopranos) Karl Aage Rasmussen: A Tempo Also tonight, the BBC Singers conducted by Stefan Parkman perform music by Per Nørgård and Anders Hillborg Nordic Survey Also tonight, the BBC Singers conducted by Stefan Parkman perform music by Per Nørgård and Anders Hillborg.
Lontano Double-portrait Concert	20041106		Sarah Walker introduces a special edition from the Warehouse in London. Lontano, conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, focuses on the music of Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin and her German contemporary Heiner Goebbels. The concert includes a new arrangement of Kats-Chernin's Torque written especially for this performance. Elena Kats-Chernin: Skeletons in the cupboard; Vitalia's Steps; Torque with Cl�lia Iruzun (piano solo) Heiner Goebbels: Red Run; La Jalousie with Neil MacKenzie (speaker).
John Buller Tribute	20041113		In the wake of John Buller's death in September, Ivan Hewett revisits an archive portrait of the composer originally broadcast in 1976 in which John Buller talks about his fascination with literary themes, notably the work of James Joyce and Dante. Around it, two other works based on classical literature. Of Three Shakespeare Sonnets Sarah Walker (soprano) Nash Ensemble Lionel Friend (conductor) Finnegan's Floras Poor Jenny Scribenery Le Terrazze London Sinfonietta Thames Chamber Choir Louis Halsey and Gilbert Amy (conductors) Proença BBC Symphony Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) Sarah Walker (soprano).
Gavin Bryars: From Egil's Saga	20041120		Robert Worby introduces the London Sinfonietta, joined by Faroese bass Rúni Brattaberg, Chris Ekers and Sound Intermedia and conducted by Olari Elts, in a concert taken from the orchestra's Eastern Orchestral Board Tour with a programme devised by Gavin Bryars. In addition to his classic piece The Sinking of the Titanic, Arvo Pärt's If Bach had been a Beekeeper and Erkki-Sven Tüür's Passion and Illusion, the climax of the concert is the world premiere of a new work by Bryars: From Egil's Saga - a BBC commission - which explores the relationship between the Nordic Sagas and the connected history of the East of England.
	20041127		Sarah Walker introduces the world premiere of Nicola LeFanu's BBC commissioned cantata, Light Passing, with libretto by John Edmonds. A staged production recorded in the New Centre for Early Music, in York. Clark Rundell conducts Ensemble 10/10 and a cast led by Nicholas Folwell as Pope Clement VI, with Ildikó Allen, Nicola Dunne, Nicholas Clapton, Richard Edgar-Wilson, Petro Wychrij, Joey Howard and Benedict Rowe. And in the wake of the recent London Jazz Festival, James Barrett's jazz-inspired piece Conversations with Chet, based on the music of legendary Cool Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. Composed to mark the 70th birthday of Sir Roger Norrington, who conducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra with BBC New Generation Artist Alison Balsom as the trumpet soloist. Plus a look-ahead to next month's British Composer Awards.
Huddersfield Festival 2004 - Part 1	20041204		Sarah Walker presents the first of a series of H&Ns recorded at this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. One of Britain's foremost contemporary ensembles The Smith Quartet feature music by Kevin Volans including his celebrated African inspired 2nd Quartet, Hunter:Gathering and the world premiere of his 9th String Quartet commissioned by the BBC. The programme also features music for two pianos performed by Nicolas Hodges and Rolf Hinds. Graham Fitkin: Servant Michael Finnisy: Wild Flowers Kevin Volans: String Quartet No 9 Howard Skempton: Catch Per Norgard: Unendlicher Empfang Kevin Volans: String Quartet No 2 - Hunter: Gathering.
Huddersfield Festival 2004 - Part 2	20041211		Sarah Walker is at this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival for the world premiere of a new BBC commission from Howard Skempton, performed by the Smith Quartet, and the UK debut appearance of the 'Avant-Funk' Norwegian based Poing Trio, who present new works by Maja Ratkje and Danish born Karsten Fundal. Kevin Volans: String Quartet No 1 - White Man Sleeps Maja Ratkje: Essential Extensions Howard Skempton: New work Maja Ratkje: New work Arvo Part: Summa Karsten Fundal: New work Steve Reich: Different Trains.
Huddersfield Festival 2004 - Part 3	20041218		In this, the third programme from this years' Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, Sarah Walker presents the premiere of a new work by Rebecca Saunders performed by Rolf Hind and Nicholas Hodges (pianos) and the UK premiere of works by the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas performed by Ensemble Recherche. Rebecca Saunders: New Work James Dillon: Black/Nebulae Beat Furrer: Und irgendwo fern, sehr fern Rolf Hind, Nicholas Hodges (pianos) Georg Friedrich Haas: Nach-Ruf... ent-gleitend Rebecca Saunders: Duo 3 Rebecca Saunders: The Under-side of Green Georg Friedrich Haas: tria ex uno (nach Josquin des Pr�s) Ensemble Recherche.
Huddersfield Festival 2004 - Part 4	20041225		Sarah Walker presents a programme of music from this year's Huddersfield festival, including the world premiere of a Hudderfield commission by English composer Joanna Bailie and UK premieres of works by Rolf Wallin, Michel van der Aa and Klas Torstensson. Rebecca Saunders: dichroic seventeen Musikfabrik Marco Blaauw (trumpet) Richard Baker (conductor) Rolf Wallin: Phonotope II Poing Trio Michel van der Aa: Here Klas Torstensson: Lantern Lectures III Asko Ensemble.
Huddersfield Festival 2004 - Part 5	20050108		Sarah Walker's profiles featured composers Rebecca Saunders and the iconoclastic Richard Ayres. Musikfabrik perform Saunders' Quartet and are joined by conductor Richard Baker and trumpeter Marco Blaauw for Ayres' No 31, and the Asko Ensemble and the Exaudi Vocal Ensemble conducted by Roland Kluttig perform No 33, the cantata "Valentine Tragashian Considers..." and No 36, the Noncerto for horn.
Huddersfield Festival 2004 - Part 6	20050115		In the last of the programmes featuring music from this year's Huddersfield Festival, Sarah Walker presents works by Dutch composer Richard Rijnvos performed by the Asko Ensemble and the Ives Ensemble, from whom he acts as Artistic advisor. Rijnvos: Mappamondo; Block Beuys.
Jelly Rolls Up	20050122		Alwynne Pritchard presents a concert recorded last November as part of the London Jazz Festival. The genius of legendary jazz pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton is the impetus for new compositions and improvisations by Matthew Bourne, Frederic Rzewski, Michael Finnissy and Philip Clark, all performed by Alex Ward (clarinets), Mary Oliver (violin), Ian Pace (piano) and Han Bennink (percussion).
	20050129		Three large scale works with a spiritual undercurrent make up this programme. John Tavener, who turns 61 on 28 January, is represented by a new work drawing on the metaphysical writings of Frithjof Schuon: his Hymn of Dawn is played by the Ulster Orchestra conducted by Stephen Layton with Patricia Rozario (soprano), Andrew Rupp (baritone), Paul Edmund-Davies (flute) and Darragh Morgan (violin). Sofia Gubaidulina's music is imbued with religious feeling, and her Introitus is named after the introductory chant of the mass. It's played here by the Kiev Chamber Players conducted by Vladimir Kozhukhar, with B�atrice Rauchs (piano). And in the wake of the recent James MacMillan weekend, the composer conducts the BBC Philharmonic in his own Symphony No.3, which draws on global elements of spirituality in a work that is both dark and moving.
Soundings: Klangforum Wien	20050205		Robert Worby presents a rare UK appearance by Austrian ensemble Klangforum Wien directed by Johannes Kalitzke, recorded at the Wigmore Hall in November 2004. The focus is on Olga Neuwirth including the UK premiere of No More Secrets No More Lies from her song cycle Ce Qui Arrive featuring Andrew Watts (countertenor). There's also more of Neuwirth's music from CD and from the 2003 Huddersfield Festival. Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Streichtrio 1 Salvatore Sciarrino: Esplorazione del bianco Rebecca Saunders: Molly's Song 3 - Shades of Crimson Olga Neuwirth: No more secrets no more lies Olga Neuwirth: Spleen Olga Neuwirth: Vampyrotheone Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) Olga Neuwirth: incidendo-fluido Nicolas Hodges (solo piano) Olga Neuwirth: Hooloomooloo Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) Olga Neuwirth: Hommage à Klaus Nomi.
Lyell Cresswell At 60	20050212		The BBC SSO conducted by Henrik Schaefer pays tribute to New Zealand composer Lyell Cresswell, now based in Scotland. And later, Sarah Walker introduces Australian ensemble Elision with music by fellow antipodeans. Canadian guitarist/composer Tim Brady rounds this programme off with a musical evocation of one of Glasgow's most famous thoroughfares. Luciano Berio: Requies Lyell Cresswell: Kaea - Trombone Concerto Simon Johnson (trombone) Lyell Cresswell: Rev Norman McLeod's Dance (from Shadows without Sun) Lyell Cresswell: Of Smoke and Bickering Flame Liza Lim: inguz Richard Hames: memorabilia Elision Tim Brady: Sauchiehall Street Tim Brady (electric guitar) and tape.
Spitalfields And Edinburgh Festivals	20050219		Sarah Walker presents a recital by the Scottish percussionist and BBC New Generation Artist, Colin Currie, featuring the world premiere of a work commissioned by Radio 3 from Japanese-born Dai Fujikura. Solo percussion pieces are interleaved with recordings made during the Edinburgh Festival 2003 by the Dutch group Nieuw Ensemble who have made a specialism playing music by Eastern composers. Here the emphasis is on Korean-born composers. Louis Andriessen: Woodpecker Isang Yun: Distanzen Robert Maggio: Songs from the Wood Unsuk Chin: Akrostisches-Wortspiel Dai Fujikura: Be (World Premiere of BBC Commission) Isang Yun: Ost-West Miniaturen Isang Yun: Teile Dich Nacht Steve Mackey: See Ya Thursday.
Bbc Symphony Orchestra: 'from Sweden With Storgårds'	20050226		Ivan Hewett introduces a concert given by the BBC SO conducted by John Storgårds from a special recording for Hear and Now. Anders Hillborg: Liquid Marble Rolf Martinsson: Bridge - Trumpet Concerto Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Karin Rehnqvist: Light of Light Trinity Boys' Choir Anders Hultqvist: Time and the Bell Plus a second chance to hear the BBC Singers conducted by Stefan Parkman sing three Swedish works: Sven-David Sandstrøm: Lobet den Herrn Anders Hillborg: Muoaiyouum Hans Gefors: Botanistens tilfredsstalleelse.
Brits - 1	20050305		In the first of four programmes focusing on the work of British composers, Alwynne Pritchard introduces two concerts from the bmic's 2004 Cutting Edge series. The Norwegian quintet asamisimasa performs works by James Saunders, Roger Redgate, Ian Willcock and the UK premiere of Michael Finnissy's L'Herbe. Finnissy is also featured in the concert given by Ensemble Expos� with the London premiere of his Greatest Hits of All Time. The concert also included pieces by James Dillon, Ross Lorraine and Joanna Bailie.
Brits - 2	20050312		Presented by Sarah Walker. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov, presents a portrait concert of its Composer in Association, Jonathan Harvey, alongside pieces by Giacinto Scelsi and the orchestra's recently appointed Resident Composer Anna Meredith. Jonathan Harvey: Ricercare una Melodia Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet) Giacinto Scelsi: I Presagi Jonathan Harvey: Wheel of Emptiness Anna Meredith: Torque Jonathan Harvey: Cello Concerto Arne Deforce (cello) Plus, more music from last year's Cutting Edge Series, from a concert given by Noszferatu including the world premiere of Hilary Robinson's Blue Icarus and the London premiere of More Matter Less by Andrew Poppy.
Brits - 3	20050319		Robert Worby introduces a Hear and Now Studio Concert, recorded at LSO St Luke?s, featuring music by five of the UK?s most exciting young composing talents. The London Sinfonietta is conducted by Nicholas Kok. William Attwood: Iwwer Tiermen Phillip Neil Martin: Shifting Mirrors Ben Foskett: Violin Concerto Clio Gould (violin) Emily Hall: Think About Space Sam Hayden: Relative Autonomy, UK premiere of London Sinfonietta commission In the last of the concerts recorded at the 2004 BMIC?s Cutting Edge Series, the Juice Vocal Trio presents 'rockrainwindfire', a selection of pieces for unaccompanied female voices, including works by Morag Galloway, Paul Robinson, Paul Mealor and David Breslin, as well as pieces by Juice?s three performers, Anna Molyneux, Kerry Andrew and Sarah Dacey.
Brits - 4	20050326		The Nash Ensemble, conducted by Lionel Friend, give the world premieres of new works by British composers Harrison Birtwistle and Colin Matthews as well as a new piece by American composer Elliott Carter, alongside music by Oliver Knussen and Julian Anderson. The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group plays music by Gerald Barry, Simon Holt, Colin Matthews and Philip Cashian. Presented by Sarah Walker. Brits 4 of 4 The Nash Ensemble, conducted by Lionel Friend, give the world premieres of new works by British composers Harrison Birtwistle and Colin Matthews as well as a new piece by American composer Elliott Carter, alongside music by Oliver Knussen and Julian Anderson. The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group plays music by Gerald Barry, Simon Holt, Colin Matthews and Philip Cashian. Presented by Sarah Walker
Donaueschingen Music Days	20050402		Ivan Hewett presents highlights from last year?s Donaueschingen Music Days, and talks to the featured composers. Andreas Dohmen: Lautung Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart SWR Symphony Orchestra Roland Kluttig (conductor) Alwynne Pritchard: Decoy Ensemble Recherche Pier-Luigi Billone: MANI. De Leonardis Christian Dierstein (percussion) Rebecca Saunders: Miniata Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion) Nicolas Hodges (piano) SWR Symphony Orchestra Hans Zender (conductor) And the winning work from last year?s International Rostrum of Composers: Helena Tulve: Sula Tommy Mansikka-Aho (didgeridoo) Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Toomas Vavilov (conductor).
	20050409		Sarah Walker presents two concerts given by the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester last December. In the first, James Macmillan conducts music selected by the Society for the Promotion of New Music and Peter Maxwell Davies conducts a selection of his own pieces, all inspired by his childhood memories of the Salford area of Manchester, including Spinning Jenny, a vast, industrial scherzo. Richard Norris: Further musings Richard FitzHugh: These are the little things Iain Matheson: Every moment alters Eneko Vadillo : Mutara.
Inventions Day - 1	20050416		Alwynne Pritchard presents the first of two programmes recorded at the recent Inventions Day at London's South Bank Centre. The London Sinfonietta conducted by David Porcelijn and the BBC Singers conducted by James Morgan perform works by young British composers mixed with three pieces by one of the UK's leading middle-generation figures, David Sawer; Cats Eye, Sounds, and the UK premiere of Rebus. Plus, Peter Maxwell Davies introduces and conducts the BBC Philharmonic in his Cross Lane Fair.
Inventions Day - 2	20050423		Alwynne Pritchard presents the second of two programmes recorded at the recent Inventions Day at London's South Bank Centre. The London Sinfonietta performs works by young British composers, mixed with three pieces by one of the UK's leading middle-generation figures. Simon Holt: Brief Candles, The Coroner's Report and Eco-pavan. Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) Rolf Hind (piano) Anssi Karttunen (cello) David Porcelijn (conductor) Plus, a performance from last year's Inventions Day of Symphonia by Brian Herrington, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, performed by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
	20050430		Two composers with Celtic roots, James MacMillan and Deirdre Gribbin are the focus tonight, beginning with a studio session of choral works introduced by Ivan Hewett. James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer, On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Graham Fitkin: Ending Deirdre Gribbin: Yeats Sang BBC Singers Stephen Disley (organ) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Sarah Walker also presents a CMN Tour concert recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, and discusses its innovative staging with Deirdre Gribbin and director Lou Stein. James MacMillan: The Road to Ardtalla, James MacMillan Ì, A Meditation on Iona Deirdre Gribbin: Venus Blazing Ernst Kovacic (violin) Britten Sinfonia Pierre-Andre Valade (conductor) Arvo Pärt:... which was the son of BBC Singers Nicholas Kok (conductor) Stephen Disley (organ).
Electronic May 1	20050507		Throughout May, Hear and Now will be featuring electronic music from around the country. In this first programme, Ivan Hewett introduces the Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust's co-promotion with the SPNM - the Society for the Promotion of New Music. ECAT Deirdre Gribbin: How to Make the Water Sound, for piano trio Mark Henry: Play Act for oboe, percussion and electronics Rob Wright: ARCO for cello and tape Paul Keenan: Palimpsest for ensemble and electronics John Kenny (director) And later, Ensemble Expos� directed by Roger Redgate performs Brian Ferneyhough's Etudes Transcendentales.
Electronic May 2 - Durham Electroacoustic Music Festival	20050514		Throughout May, Hear and Now will be featuring electronic music from around the country. Alwynne Pritchard presents two classic works using multi-channel surround-sound which were paired with two new works at the Durham concerts in March. Martyn Harry: Restraint (world premiere) Stockhausen: Kontakte performed by Psappha Iannis Xenakis: Polytope de Cluny (UK premiere) Furt: OMNIVM (Part II) (world premiere).
Electronic May 3 - Cut And Splice 1	20050521		Robert Worby introduces the first of three programmes featuring music from this year's festival of electronic music and digital sound art. Jaap Blonk performs Kurt Schwitter's seminal surreal concrete poem Ur-sonata. That's followed by a discussion of the exhibition of avant-garde scores at the Jerwood Space reflecting the festival's theme, Dots and Lines. And later, a concert by the Ulster Orchestra featuring the senior French electronic music composer Luc Ferrari, recorded at the recent Sonorities Festival in Belfast. Ed Bennett: All of This Used to be Trees (World Premiere) Luc Ferrari: En un tournament d'amour.
Electronic May 4 - Cut And Splice 2	20050528		Robert Worby presents the second programme from the recent Cut and Splice Festival of Electronic Music, featuring classic works using taped sounds from the 1960s by Robert Ashley and Mauricio Kagel, and a new work from Austria which uses live electronic manipulations of instrumental music. Robert Ashley: Wolfman Keir Neuringer (vocals) and Joel Ryan (live electronics) Peter Ablinger Für Johannes Michael Fischer (UK Premiere) Mauricio Kagel: Acustica Apartment House, led by Anton Lukoszevieze.
Sonorities 2005	20050604		Ivan Hewett introduces a concert of premieres given by the Ensemble Proxima Centauri at the recent Sonorities Festival in Belfast. Hans Joachim Hespos: Gallimak (UK Premiere) Thierry Alla: Sourcier-Sorcière (World Premiere) Christophe Havel: Comme (UK Premiere) Philippe Leroux: Un Lieu verdoyant (World Premiere) Christophe Havel: Metamorphose XI (World Premiere) Georges Aperghis: Les 7 crimes de l'amour (UK Premiere) To whet your appetite before BBC Radio 3's Beethoven Experience, Hear and Now presents Beethoven-inspired pieces from Harald Muenz (BeethovEnBloc) and Clarence Barlow (Variazioni e un pianoforte meccanico).
Cut And Splice - Part 3	20050611		Robert Worby introduces the last programme from the recent Cut and Splice Festival in London, including music by German laptop generation composers associated with the Raster-Noton CD label: Frank Bretschneider, Olaf Bender (aka Byetone) and Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto). Their music is a minimalist abstraction of dance music, while veteran Japanese composer Yasunao Tone comes from the Fluxus movement, and has long used indeterminate methods. He premieres Paramedia Music, a new work in which sound is sculpted by the movement of a calligraphy brush. And John Cage is featured with a pioneering early 4-channel tape collage piece, Williams Mix.
	20050618		Alwynne Pritchard talks to Matthias Pintscher. Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra perform two of his short pieces, conducted by the composer himself: Janusgesicht and A Twilight's Song, with Julie Moffat (soprano). Then the LONDON Sinfonietta is conducted by Ilan Volkov in a Hear and Now Studio Concert recorded at LSO, St Luke's.
Ether Festival	20050625		Now in its third year, the LONDON Sinfonietta's collaboration with cutting edge electronic artists continues to fill concert halls with its juxtaposition of contemporary classical, electronic and newly commissioned arrangements. This year, the focus was on the music of Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, with the world premiere of Piano for Children and the LONDON premiere of smear, and new arrangements of the music of his band with singer Thom YORKe. Movements from Henri Dutilleux's Ainsi la Nuit were woven in alongside music by György Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen, Mohammed Abdel-Wahab and Krystof Penderecki. Presented by Sarah Walker
Bcmg And Sheffield Sound Junction	20050702		Robert Worby introduces the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen in performances of Julian Anderson's Book of Hours and Elliott Carter's Dialogues. With Jonty Harrison and Lamberto Coccioli (live electronics). Later, Robert reports from the Sheffield Sound Junction Festival, which focussed on the French/Canadian acousmatic pioneer Francis Dhomont, including his piece AvAtArsSon.
Sonorities: Dog Breath Variations	20050709		The music of Frank Zappa is explored by the Ulster Orchestra conducted by Philippe Nahon in a concert from the recent Sonorities festival in Belfast. Presented by Sarah Walker in conversation with Zappa biographer Ben Watson. The Perfect Stranger; Naval Aviation in Art?; Dupree's Paradise; Revised music for low budget orchestra; Envelopes; The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat; Get Whitey; G-spot Tornado Also tonight, the Crash Ensemble performs music by Michael Gordon, Deirdre McKay, Donnacha Dennehy and Zack Browning in a concert recorded in 2003.
	20050716		Alwynne Pritchard reports from the Indaba festival held in Grahamstown, South Africa. This year's theme is Reimagining Africa, with music from across the continent. The featured composer is Justinian Tamusuza from Uganda, plus some cutting-edge electronica and the Bow Project, which celebrates Xhosa bow music in new compositions for mouth bow and string quartet. Part of the BBC's Africa Lives season.
	20050723		Jac van Steen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an invitation concert featuring the world premiere of Mark Bowden's Sudden Light alongside music by three of the elder generation of composers. Howard Skempton: Chorales Roger Smalley: Piano Concerto (with Rolf Hind) Michael Finnissy: Sea and Sky And later, Stephen Stirling is the soloist in the world premiere of Gary Carpenter's Horn Concerto played by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Baldur Bronniman.
Sligo Festival	20050806		The focus is on composer and director Andrew Toovey and his ensemble Ixion, recorded in Sligo in April. Alongside pieces by Toovey, Ixion also plays music by Aldo Clementi, Michael Finnissy and Judith Weir. Also there are two contemporary views of the viola: the world premiere of Andrew Toovey's Viola Concerto, commissioned by the BBC and performed by Lawrence Power with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henrik Schaefer; and Diana Burrell's Viola Concerto played by Jane Atkins with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by John Lubbock.
City Of London Festival	20050813		Recorded on 4th July as part of this year's City of London Festival, pianist Joanna MacGregor gives a recital celebrating American music ranging from a selection of John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano to arrangements of gospel and jazz standards by James Booker, Nina Simone and Thelonious Monk.
Stockhausen's Birthday - Part 1	20050820		1/2. To mark Karlheinz Stockhausen's birthday this month, Hear and Now devotes two editions to him. From the City of London Festival, vocal ensemble Singcircle, conducted by Gregory Rose and with electronics by Stephen Montague, performs Stimmung, recorded at the top of the 'Gherkin' building. Then pianist Nicolas Hodges plays Klavierstück XVI, recorded at the 2003 Huddersfield Festival, and Christopher Fox's BBC-commissioned realisation of Stockhausen's Plus-Minus from a recent studio session. Presented by Sarah Walker and Robert Worby.
Stockhausen's Borthday - Part 2	20050827		Featuring Karlheinz Stockhausen's substantial electronic piece Mittwochs-Gruss, recorded at the Sonorities Festival in 2004, and James Wood conducting the New London Chamber Choir, performing Litanei 97. Plus Any Way, a world premiere by Karlheinz's son Markus Stockhausen, performed by the Festival Players, conducted by Martyn Brabbins with Claire Booth (soprano) and the composer (on trumpet) at this year's Cheltenham Festival. Then uniting father and son, Markus multi-tracks all five trumpet parts in his father's Michael's-Abschied (Michael's Farewell) from Donnerstag aus Licht. Presented by Sarah Walker in conversation with Robert Worby
City Of London And St Magnus Festivals	20050903		Sarah Walker introduces the ensemble Psappha in a concert recorded at the recent City of London Festival. Katalin Karolyi is the mezzo-soprano soloist in Luciano Berio's ever popular Folksongs. In Peter Maxwell Davies' iconic music-theatre piece Eight Songs for a Mad King, baritone Kelvin Thomas takes the central role. Staying with Davies, there's also a performance of his Missa Super L'Homme Arm�, paired with Nigel Osborne's Sarajevo, performed by the Paragon Ensemble, conducted by Garry Walker, recorded at this year's St Magnus Festival. Plus pianist Nicolas Hodges plays 5 Piano Pieces by Cornelius Cardew.
Finnish Focus	20050910		Ivan Hewett introduces the BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan in a portrait of Magnus Lindberg. Amongst the orchestral works, Jonathan Powell plays a selection of recent piano music by other Finnish composers. Magnus Lindberg: Concerto for orchestra Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet) Parada Carl Armfelt: Transformations (Muodonmuutoksia) Harri Suilamo: T�tradactyle Mikko Heiniö: Uneen, Into Sleep Uljas Pulkkis: Flash Esa-Pekka Salonen: Dichotomie.
Hildegard	20050917		On this, the 826th anniversary of Hildegard of Bingen's death, Alwynne Pritchard introduces a performance of James Wood's new opera Hildegard conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer and David Lawrence (assistant) and performed by Sarah Leonard (soprano); Omar Ebrahim (baritone); the New London Chamber Choir; the Critical Band, and Percussion Group the Hague. And later, the New Music Players perform Wood's Crying Bird, Echoing Star, a piece which brings together the composer's fascinations with birdsong and star constellations.
	20050924		Presented by Sarah Walker. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, gives a portrait concert of John Woolrich, including performances of: Oboe Concerto Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Ulysses Awakes Scott Dickinson (viola) Double Mercury Plus more music from the St Magnus Festival. Henryk Górecki: Little Music No 4 Salvatore Sciarrino: Le Voci Sottovetro Alexandra Gibson (alto) Paragon Ensemble Garry Walker (conductor).
Vale Of Glamorgan Festival	20051001		Ivan Hewett reports from the recent festival in which the BBC National Orchestra of Wales was conducted by Jac van Steen. Kurt Schwertsik: Sinfonia-Sinfonietta Guto Puw: Reservoirs (BBC Radio 3 Commission) Elena Kats-Chernin: Clocks Judith Weir: The welcome arrival of rain Plus music from the 2003 Bangor New Music Festival, featuring harpsichordist Jane Chapman who plays two pieces by Mike Vaughan - Tiento and Silence (dissolved).
	20051008		Sarah Walker introduces a concert recorded as part of the London Sinfonietta's International Benjamin series in May. Curated by George Benjamin who also conducts the London Sinfonietta, the concert includes a rare performance of Pierre Boulez's Éclat/Multiples and Benjamin himself as solo pianist in his own Shadowlines. In addition to Beat Furrer's Still, there is the world premiere of Cantatrix Sopranica commissioned by the London Sinfonietta from Unsuk Chin, featuring the sopranos Anu Komsi and Piia Komsi and the countertenor Andrew Watts. Also, to prefigure his work with Harold Pinter in a special collaboration for Radio 3 (on October 10 at 9.30pm), two works by James Clarke performed by Apartment House - the Oboe Quintet (Christopher Redgate, oboe) and La violenza delle idee.
Xenakis - Architect In Sound - Part 1	20051015		Robert Worby presents the first of two programmes recorded at the recent Xenakis Festival at London's South Bank Centre. Pianist Rolf Hind juxtaposes the virtuosic Mists and Evryali by Xenakis with Olivier Messiaen's Cant�yodjayã. The London Sinfonietta is directed by the man who conducted many of Xenakis' premieres: Diego Masson. Xenakis: Waarg; Jalons; ST/10; Eonta.
Xenakis - Architect In Sound - Part 2	20051022		Robert Worby introduces the Arditti Quartet, joined by Nicolas Hodges in an all-Xenakis concert. Featuring Tetora; ST/4; Akea; Ikhoor and Tetras. Plus the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Diego Masson, play more Xenakis. À l'isle de Gor�e Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Akanthos Claire Booth (soprano) Nicolas Hodges (piano).
	20051029		Tom Service presents the City of London Sinfonia's special Hear and Now Studio Concert recorded at Cadogan Hall. It's an all-British Concert, with two new works (Attwood and Panufnik) and two classics. Roxanna Panufnik's piece is the third in a series of settings of Vikram Seth's animal anthology, Beastly Tales from Here and There. William Attwood: Black and White Verticals (CLS/BBC commission; World Premiere) Barry Guy: After the Rain Nicholas Maw: Sonata Notturna Christian Poltera (cello) Roxanna Panufnik: The Hare and the Tortoise Patricia Rozario (soprano) Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Sian Edwards (conductor).
	20051105		Sarah Walker introduces Ensemble 10/10, the new music ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell. The concert features soloists Nicholas Cox (clarinet) and John Helliwell (soprano saxophone) in Giya Kancheli's poetic Afternoon and Night Prayers, the final two movements of his large-scale work Life without Christmas. Plus two works by Liverpool-born Kenneth Hesketh (Fra Duri Scogli and Dei Destini Incrociati) and the staged performance of a work commissioned from Mark Simpson, a 17-year-old Liverpudlian and student of the RNCM Junior School.
Ensemble Expos�	20051112		From the British Music Information Centre's annual Cutting Edge series, Roger Redgate directs Ensemble Expos� in a programme that focuses on different aspects of spectral music, including a world premiere by John Croft. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard. Mary Bellamy: Constellations Sam Hayden: Recoil Michael Finnissy: Jiseï Robert Keeley: Oboe Quintet Tristan Murail: C'est un jardin secret John Croft: serenata al cielo afflitto (World Premiere) Tristan Murail: Treize Couleurs du Soleil Couchant Brice Pauset: Huit Canons (UK Premiere).
	20051119		Composer and pianist Thomas Larcher joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Maida Vale Studio concert featuring works by German and Austrian composers. The orchestra is conducted by Pierre-Andr� Valade. Philipp Maintz: Heftige Landschaft mit 16 Baumen York Höller: Aura Thomas Larcher: Antennen (solo piano) Olga Neuwirth: incidendo/fluido (solo piano) Johannes Maria Staud: '...gleichsam als ob'.
	20051126		Ivan Hewett presents music recorded in two concerts at the Warehouse in London's Waterloo as part of the British Music Information Centre's annual Cutting Edge series. Presented with the Austrian Cultural Forum and marking the 70th birthday of Kurt Schwertsik, the music is performed by the Royal Northern College of Music New Ensemble and students from the Vienna Conservatory, conducted by Clark Rundell, and features works by Johannes Maria Staud, Marcel Reuter, Reinhard Fuchs, Johanna Doderer, Joe Cutler, David Horne and Schwertsik.
Bmic Cutting Edge: Continuum Ensemble	20051203		Making their second appearance in a British Music Information Centre Cutting Edge series, the Continuum Ensemble under the direction of Philip Headlam performs a mainly British programme. The set finishes with a major work from the senior British composer now based in Australia, Roger Smalley; his Quintet receives its UK premiere. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard. Luke Bedford: Through Mazes Running Larry Goves: turning aperture slowly clockwise spinning (world premiere) Judith Weir: The Voice of Desire Margaret Cameron (mezzo soprano) Mark Anthony Turnage: A Fast Stomp Kenneth Hesketh: Gabos Opus (world premiere) Lisa Nelsen (flute) Roger Smalley: Quintet.
Gallic Virtuosity	20051210		Sarah Walker presents a concert given by Ensemble 10/10, celebrating the British composer Simon Bainbridge. Plus, a performance of Rode with Darkness by Luke Bedford, played by the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, conducted by George Benjamin; and pianist Nicolas Hodges playing modern takes on the works of JS Bach. Gary Carpenter: Da Capo Luciano Berio: Sequenza XII Pascal Gallois (bassoon) Simon Bainbridge: Guitar Concerto Craig Ogden (guitar) Emily Howard: Dualities (world premiere) Simon Bainbridge: For Miles Simon Bainbridge: Voiles (world premiere) Pascal Gallois (bassoon).
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - 2005-1	20060107		The first of five broadcasts from the festival. This first edition spotlights some of the featured composers and performers, drawn from the customary wide international range for which HCMF is recognised. Helmut Lachenmann frames the programme with his temA and Salut für Caudwell, with Germany's Ensemble Recherche and Ensemble Modern. From the Netherlands, the Ives Ensemble play Christopher Fox and the Japanese Ensemble Nomad bring the delicate music of Jo Kondo to life in their first UK appearance. And at the centre of the programme, the virtuosity of the Neue Vocalsolisten from Stuttgart, with a recent work from Lucia Ronchetti.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - 2005-2	20060114		The music of James Dillon is the central focus of this edition with a rare complete performance of his Book of Elements, played by Noriko Kawai. From Norway, the Cikada Quartet play his third String Quartet. Plus, rare jewels from Giacinto Scelsi in his Three Latin Prayers, performed by the New London Chamber Choir.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - 2005-3	20060121		Highly individual and contrasted approaches to music, sound and colour are the central theme of this programme. Featuring choral and instrumental music by Giacinto Scelsi, performed by the New London Chamber Choir and Mieko Kanno; alongside the salty anger of Xenakis in his piano quintet Akea. To balm all this, the delicate, poised sound-world of Jo Kondo. Plus James Dillon's fourth quartet, in a performance by France's Diotima Quartet.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - 2005-4	20060128		The elusive choral and instrumental music of Giacinto Scelsi, whose centenary fell in 2005, forms a thread through this programme. Plus, equally individual voices from successive generations - Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Helmut Lachenmann, who was 70 in November 2005. Featuring performances by Mieko Kanno, the New London Chamber Choir and Ensemble Modern.
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - 2005-5	20060204		Featuring the music of Helmut Lachenmann with two substantial pieces for large ensembles, Mouvement (vor der Erstarrung) and Concertini, played by Germany's Ensemble Modern. Plus vocal works by Georg Friedrich Haas and Friedrich Zeller, performed by the Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart.
The Park Lane Group	20060211		celebrates 50 years of providing a platform for outstanding young musicians with its annual series of concerts. Many former Park Lane Group performers have gone on to national and international success. Ivan Hewett talks to some of these artists, alongside music from this year's concerts; including featured composers Michael Zev Gordon, Dutilleux and Boulez.
	20060218		Sarah Walker presents contemporary music influenced by jazz. The main work tonight is Blood on the Floor; Mark-Anthony Turnage's visceral suite for jazz soloists and orchestra, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded at City Hall, Glasgow, earlier this month. Peter Erskine (drums) John Parricelli (guitar) Dave Carpenter (bass) Martin Robertson (sax) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) And later, new BBC-commissioned pieces by Dave Maric played by the Katya Labeque Band recorded on their CMN Tour last December. Fred Frith (guitar) Viktoria Mullova (violin) The Katya Labeque Band.
Scandinavian Focus	20060225		Alwynne Pritchard presents the last public concert to be given in Studio One in Glasgow, home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 1937. It features three UK premieres and a Scottish premiere of recent works by two generations of composers from Scandinavia and Finland. Uljas: Pulkkis Encanto Jesper Nordin: Arv Anders Hillborg: Mirages Rolf Wallin: Chi Baldur Brönnimann (conductor) Plus music by Terje Isungset played on instruments made from ice. Scandinavian Focus Alwynne Pritchard presents the last public concert to be given in Studio One in Glasgow, home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 1937. It features three UK premieres and a Scottish premiere of recent works by two generations of composers from Scandinavia and Finland. Uljas: Pulkkis Encanto Jesper Nordin: Arv Anders Hillborg: Mirages Rolf Wallin: Chi Baldur Brönnimann (conductor) Plus music by Terje Isungset played on instruments made from ice.
	20060304		Recorded at a special studio concert at LSO St Luke's in London, the Arditti Quartet and pianist Nicolas Hodges perform a programme of recent works by British and German composers. Presented by Alwynne Pritchard. Plus music from last year's Huddersfield Festival. Wolfgang Rihm: Interscriptum Philipp Maintz: (nucleus, 1st movement of Inner Circle) Hanspeter Kyburz: String Quartet Paul Newland: Mie James Dillon: Soadie Waste Hans Abrahamsen: 3 Little Nocturnes Cikada String Quartet Frode Haltli (accordion) Fabio Nieder: Sogno 10 lunedi; in una casa; molte gente; musiche son tornato a casa Ensemble Recherche.
	20060311		The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, is joined by the Arditti Quartet and Nicolas Hodges to celebrate Vic Hoyland's 60th birthday. The concert includes two of his most celebrated works - the Piano Quintet and Of Phantasy - and also features Harrison Birtwistle's Slow Freeze, David Sawer's The Memory of Water and the world premiere of Philip Cashian's Skein. Plus, pianist Stephen Gutman plays more Sawer, The Melancholy of Departure, and Andrew Toovey's Five Miniature Portraits. Presented by Sarah Walker
If Festival 2006	20060318		Alwynne Pritchard presents a concert from the IF Festival in London. It's a showcase for interactive electronics using MAX software, with new works by John Croft and Peter Wiegold for cellist Matthew Barley. Plus, a major work by Philippe Manoury, one of the world's leading authorities on electronic music. His piece En Echo will be sung by soprano Donatienne Michel-Dansac.
	20060325		Robert Worby introduces a studio session by the Michael Nyman Band, playing Nyman's new BBC commission for Mozart year, Revisiting the Don. They are joined by mezzo-soprano Hilary Summers for Nyman's Six Celan Songs. Plus, the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Jurjen Hempel and joined by Synergy Voices and Sound Intermedia, gives its first public performance of Writing on Water, a new collaboration between David Lang and librettist Peter Greenaway, commissioned to mark the bicentenary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. The piece was performed alongside a contemporary classic, De Staat by Louis Andriessen, and recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
	20060401		From Maida Vale Studios, the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds performs an all-Matthews programme. Presented by Ivan Hewett. Matthews, Colin: Eleven Studies in Velocity (Noriko Kawai, piano); Hidden Variables; Unfolded Order - UK Concert Premiere; Suite for piano (Noriko Kawai, piano); Sonata No 5: Landscape And later, the Nash Ensemble conducted by Lionel Friend plays music by one of Matthews' contemporaries, Oliver Knussen: Knussen, Oliver: Ophelia Dances.
Gerald Barry And Laurence Crane	20060408		Two very different approaches to contemporary music - with the manic rhythmic intensity of Gerald Barry, played by the Composers' Ensemble, juxtaposed with the deceptively simple tonality of Laurence Crane, played by Apartment House.
Crash Ensemble	20060415		In a concert from the 2005 Cutting Edge series, the Crash Ensemble from Dublin perform a series of UK premieres, as well as music by Tom Johnson and Philip Glass. Plus, the Kronos Quartet plays Glass' Music for Company (String Quartet 2), which was written for a stage adaptation of Beckett's novella, Company. Donnacha Dennehy: Streetwalker (UKP) Kevin Volans: 1000 Bars (UKP) Roger Doyle: Passade No 6 (UKP) Tom Johnson: Naryana's Cows Andrew Hamilton: I Like Things (UKP) John Godfrey: Aria 51 (UKP) Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion.
John Tilbury At 70	20060422		To celebrate pianist John Tilbury's 70th birthday, Robert Worby talks to Tilbury about his long career in New Music, improvisation and more recently in Samuel Beckett's theatrical works. The programme includes John's recordings of music by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Terry Riley, Cornelius Cardew and Howard Skempton, as well as an improvisation with drummer Eddie Prevost, and Beckett's Rough For Radio 1.
	20060429		Valentin Silvestrov Portrait Sarah Walker is joined by composer and Soviet music expert Gerard McBurney to present a studio concert by senior Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov. Silvestrov Meta-Walzer Silvestrov Symphony No 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra Szolt Nagy (conductor) Plus music from Cheltenham Festival 2004, including a piece by McBurney himself: Gerard McBurney: Eyebright and Tormentil György Kurtág: Scenes from a Novel, Op 19 Nicole Tibbells (soprano) BCMG Brett Dean (conductor).
Sonorities 2006	20060506		The Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Baldur Bronnimann, perform the world premiere of Bill Campbell's Swim and the UK premiere of Right Angel, by Fred Frith. Featuring Darragh Morgan (violin) and Fred Frith (guitar). Plus Shadow Music, by Brett Dean, and more music by the Katia Labeque Band from their 2005 Contemporary Music Network tour. Presented by Ivan Hewett
Cut And Splice 2006 - 1	20060513		Robert Worby introduces the first of two programmes featuring the music recorded at this year's Cut and Splice Festival of electronic music from the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, including Field by Zbigniew Karkowski, Michel Chion's Requiem and music by Christian Zanesi and John Wall.
Cut And Splice - Part 2	20060520		The music of Eliane Radigue, Florian Hecker, François Bayle and Carl Michael von Hausswolff is featured in this second programme from this year's Cut and Splice Festival of electronic music from the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, presented by Robert Worby
Fuseleeds06	20060527		Sarah Walker and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce two concerts from this month's alternative music festival in Leeds. Plus, as part of a Contemporary Music Network Tour, the Michael Gordon Band play tracks from their new album Light is Calling. Michael Nyman: Revisiting the Don (BBC commission); In Re Don Giovanni John Adams: Scratch Band Hanif Kureishi/Michael Nyman: I Was a Total Virgin (World Premiere) The London Sinfonietta Martyn Brabbins (conductor).
Sligo Festival 2006	20060603		Ivan Hewett presents a selection of music from this year's Sligo Festival in Southern Ireland. Giacinto Scelsi: Hyxos, for alto flute and percussion Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark, for percussion Brian Ferneyhough: Mnemosyne, for bass flute and tape Siobhán Cleary: Carrowkeel, for string quartet Morton Feldman: Piano Piece to Philip Guston; Extensions 3 for piano György Kurtág: Aus der ferne III Luigi No