This Magical Hour
Elizabeth Alker with a new series of music by an exciting generation of unclassified composers and performers, breaking free of the constraints of practice rooms and concert halls.
Following the great success of the first series of her late night show "Unclassified", Elizabeth Alker returns with another run of six programmes.
Settling back into this magical last hour, the last one of of the weekend, Elizabeth will usher listeners past midnight with more blissful, brand new and unconventional music.
The first ever radio play of a brand new work for solo violin by Edmund Finnis, performed by Daniel Pioro brings shimmering, cyclical patterns of sound moving in and out of focus, James McVinnie creates a musical trick with a 17th Century organ, Anna Meredith's response to Vivaldi's The Seasons results in a sublime call and response through the centuries and new work from Aphex Twin whets the appetite for a rare performance in Bilbao.
"Unclassified" is a home for composers who are exploring new musical terrain and bringing back all kinds of shimmery, glitchy, expansive and joyful sounds from their sonic travels. Musicians who might have formal classical training or who are inspired by traditional classical music but who are blurring the lines between what is classical music and what is pop, rock or new experimental music.
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Portico Quartet
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Ensemble: Portico Quartet.- Gondwana Records.
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Anna Meredith
Four Seasons: Summer - Haze
Performer: Jonathan Morton. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- Moshi Moshi.
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Aphex Twin
T69 collapse
Performer: Aphex Twin.- Warp Records.
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Edmund Finnis
Elsewhere
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脫lafur Arnalds
undir
Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds.- re:member.
- Mercury KX.
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Thrainn Hjalmarsson
Lucid Opaque
Performer: Thrainn Hjalmarsson. Ensemble: Nordic Affect.- Influence of Buildings on Musical Tone.
- Carrier Records.
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Adam Kinner
I Was Calling
Composer: Richard Reed Parry. Performer: Adam Kinner. Performer: Richard Reed Parry.- PEOPLE.
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Michael Price
Shade of Dreams
Performer: Michael Price.- Erased Tapes.
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Philip Glass
North Star: 脡toile Polaire (arr James McVinnie)
Performer: James McVinnie.- Orange Mountain.
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Daniel Avery
Days from Now
Performer: Daniel Avery.- Phantasy.
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Marisa Anderson
Surfacing
Performer: Marisa Anderson.- Thrill Jockey.
Broadcast
- Sun 16 Sep 2018 23:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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