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Rhodri Davies's Common Objects

Zoë Martlew presents music from Rhodri Davies's Common Objects ensemble at the Sounds New Festival. Plus in the Hear and Now 50, Terry Riley's icon of musical minimalism, In C.

Harpist Rhodri Davies leads gwrthrychau cyffredin (Common Objects), an ensemble of composers and improvisers whose music often begins with a graphic score. Recorded at the Canterbury Sounds New Festival and presented by Zoë Martlew in conversation with Angharad Davies. And in the latest instalment of the Hear and Now 50 singer and conductor Paul Hillier is joined by conductor Richard Bernas to celebrate Terry Riley's icon of musical minimalism and monument to the experimental atmosphere of 60's West Coast America, In C.

Rhodri Davies: lle y bwriaf angor
Heledd Francis Wright: Chwarddiad cawraidd i'r cwmwl
Angharad Davies: Cofnod Pen Bore
Common Objects: Gwrthrych No. 3

gwrthrychau cyffredin
Rhodri Davies, harps
Angharad Davies, violin
Heledd Francis Wright, flutes
Matthew Lovett, electronics

Terry Riley: In C
Terry Riley, Director and saxophone
Members of the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts in the Sate University of New York at Buffalo.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 8 Sep 2012 23:00

Music Played

  • Rhodri Davies Ensemble

    Lle y bwriaf angor for ensemble

    Composer: Rhodri Davies Performed By: Rhodri Davies Ensemble

  • Rhodri Davies Ensemble

    Chwarddiad cawraidd i'r cwmwl for ensemblePerformed

    Composer: Heledd Francis Wright Performed By: Rhodri Davies Ensemble

  • Rhodri Davies Ensemble

    Cofnod Pen bore for ensemble

    Composer: Angharad Davies Performed By: Rhodri Davies Ensemble

  • Rhodri Davies Ensemble

    Improvisation: Common Objects (Gwrthrych No. 3)

    Performed By: Rhodri Davies Ensemble

  • Terry Riley

    In C for Melodic Instruments

    Performed By: Terry Riley

    • In C.
    • Sony.
    • 88697564942.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Sep 2012 23:00

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