Max Richter's Memoryhouse
Tom Service introduces the first ever live performance of Max Richter's Memoryhouse, Composers' Rooms visits Hanna Tuulikki and John Cage's HPSCHD is heard on the Nonesuch label.
Tom Service introduces the first ever concert performance of Memoryhouse, Max Richter's post-rock influenced first album. A set of eighteen variations, the album's eighteen tracks take us on a musical journey from 'Europe, After the Rain' to 'Last Days' with memories of a love story played out during the Bosnian war, the sound objects of John Cage and an ode to the Netherlands' composer Jan Sweelinck among the many references. That's followed by a meeting with the Glasgow-based composer and visual artist Hanna Tuulikki in Hear and Now's ongoing series of Composers' Rooms, and a last look at some of the pioneering recordings released on the American Nonesuch label. Tonight the spotlight falls on John Cage's HPSCHD, a work conceived in 1967 in collaboration with the University of Illinois department of computer science.
Max Richter: Memoryhouse
Max Richter (piano, celeste, keyboards)
Katherine Manley (soprano)
Eva Thorarinsdottir (violin)
Paul Grennan (cello)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra,
Andr茅 de Ridder (conductor)
Max Richter: On the Nature of Daylight
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra,
Andr茅 de Ridder (conductor)
c. 11.20pm
Composers' Rooms: Hanna Tuulikki
with Sara Mohr-Pietsch
c. 11.35pm
Concluding our survey of early electronic releases by the American Nonesuch label:
John Cage: HPSCHD for harpsichord and computer-generated sound tapes.
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Composers' Rooms: No. 7 Hanna Tuulikki
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On the Nature of Daylight
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Max Richter
Memoryhouse
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder. Performer: Paul Grennan. Performer: Max Richter. Singer: Katherine Manley. Performer: Eva Thorarinsdottir. -
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John Cage
HPSCHD for harpsichord and computer generated sound tapes
Performer: Antoinette Vischer. Performer: Neely Bruce. Performer: David Tudor.
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| Role | Contributor |
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| Performer | 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra |
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- Sat 17 May 2014 22:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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