Chiyoko Szlavnics, Alvin Lucier, Iancu Dumitrescu
Robert Worby introduces highlights from the 2013 Tectonics festival in Glasgow, including music by Chiyoko Szlavnics, Alvin Lucier, Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana Maria Avram.
Robert Worby with highlights from the Tectonics festival in Glasgow, an event curated by conductor Ilan Volkov in association with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Music includes a new work from Canadian composer and sound artist Chiyoko Szlavnics and the World Premiere of Iancu Dumitrescu's electric guitar concerto, performed by Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley.
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Clips
Music Played
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Chiyoko Szlavnics
Materia/Immateria
Performers: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
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Alvin Lucier
Slices for cello and orchestra
Performers: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Anton Lukoszevieze (cello), Ilan Volkov (conductor)
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Asparagus Piss Raindrop
Dream Within a Dream, Last Night We Died in a Plane Crash
Performers: Asparagus Piss Raindrop
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Ana-Maria Avram
Nouvel Archae
Performers: Ana Maria Avram (voice, computer)
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Iancu Dumitrescu
Elan and Performance
Performers: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Stephen O’Malley (electric guitar), Ilan Volkov (conductor)
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Alvin Lucier
Still Lives for piano with slow sweep pure wave oscillators
Performers: Frank Denyer (piano)
Broadcast
- Sat 25 May 2013 22:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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