Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | London: Southbank Centre | 20140712 | Staged by the PRS for Music Foundation to coincide with this year's Commonwealth Games, the first ever New Music Biennial showcases new commissions from a wide range of composers across the UK in two special events held in London and Glasgow. In this first programme from Southbank Centre, we hear music for piano and percussion from Arlene Sierra, choir and skateboards from Samuel Bordoli and Bill Bankes-Jones, weather-generated sounds from instrument builder Yann Seznec, vocal music from Luke Styles, a collaboration between Piers Hellawell and the improvising trio of Bourne Davis Kane, and a text-based piece by Andy Scott featuring Foden's Brass Band. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Arlene Sierra: Urban Birds Xenia Pestova, Kathleen Supove and Sarah Nicolls (pianos) Jose Miguel Fernandez (electronics) Luke Styles: The Girls Who Wished to Marry Stars Juice Vocal Ensemble Trish Clowes (saxophones) Christopher Montague (electric guitar) Louise McMonagle (cello) Callum Gourlay (double bass) James Maddren (drums) Yann Seznec: Currents Yann Seznec, Hugh Jones, Sam Beste Piers Hellawell with Bourne Davis Kane: Sound Carvings, Strange Tryst Samuel Bordoli: Grind Words by Bill Bankes-Jones Roundhouse Choir Osnat Schmool (conductor) Andy Scott: A Child Like You Anna-Clare Monk (soprano) Lauren Scott (harp) Michael Fowles (conductor). Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents recordings from the New Music Biennial in London. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |
| 02 | 20140809 | For more information about Matthew Herbert's 20 Pianos: http://issuu.com/edmckeon/docs/20pianos_5.0 Staged by the PRS for Music Foundation to coincide with this year's Commonwealth Games, the first ever New Music Biennial showcases new commissions from a wide range of composers across the UK in two special events held in London and Glasgow. In this second programme, recorded at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall on the closing weekend of the Games, we hear a collaboration between the folk trio Lau and the Elysian Quartet, 20 pianos from around the world sampled by Matthew Herbert, Niraj Chag's family journey from India to Britain, a film score by Dobrinka Tabakova, a journey in sound between the Highlands and Canada from Mary Ann Kennedy and Scott Macmillan, plus music for shipping container by Jez Colborne, a work for steel pans and accordion by Alistair Anderson and a piece about the lost tradition of Scottish cattle droving by Matheu Watson and Luke Daniels. Presented by Robert Worby. Lau: The Bell That Never Rang Elysian String Quartet Matthew Herbert: 20 Pianos Sam Beste (electronic keyboard) Niraj Chag: You Run on Tracks, Not Roads Priti Menon, Denyse Anyogu (vocals) Vikaash Sankadecha (Indian percussion) Harvin singh (drums) Niraj Chag (laptop / creative director) Matheu Watson and Luke Daniels: New World Drovers Patsy Reid (fiddle) Matheu Watson (electric guitar) James Fagan (bouzouki) Luke Daniels (melodeon & zither banjo) Mac Morin (piano and step dancer) Alistair Anderson: Panning for Gold Alistair Anderson (accordion) Wendy Doyle (steel pans) Adam Cogdon (DJ) Laura Connolly (clog dancer) Jez Colborne: Gift Jez Colborne and members of Mind the Gap Theatre Company Mary Ann Kennedy and Scott Macmillan: Aiseag (The Ferryboat) Mary Ann Kennedy (singer/harp) Scott MacMillan (guitar) Aonghas MacNeacail & Christine MacDonald (narrators) Colin Grant (Cape Breton fiddle) Angus MacKenzie (pipes) Brodie Jarvie (bass) Allan Og MacDonald (percussion) Inverness Gaelic Choir Scottish Festival Strings Dobrinka Tabakova: Pulse Rolf Hind (piano) Richard Uttley (piano) Richard Benjafield (percussion) George Barton (percussion) Robert Campion (gamelan) Isabelle Carr退 (gamelan). Robert Worby with music performed at the 2014 New Music Biennial in Glasgow. Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions |