大象传媒

Max Reinhardt assembles an alternative string quartet for the latest Late Junction collaboration session. The players, from four distinct traditions, come together for one day only in the 大象传媒鈥檚 Maida Vale Studios to create musical magic.

Our awesome foursome features: virtuoso scholar of Chinese traditional music Cheng Yu playing the guqin, a seven-stringed zither, and the pipa, a four-stringed lute; Sam Underwood, the instrument inventor and purveyor of 鈥榙oom tuba鈥�, with a new electroacoustic string contraption designed especially for this session; master fiddler Caoimh铆n 脫 Raghallaigh on his ten-stringed hardanger d鈥檃more; and rising jazz star Elliot Galvin introducing his prepared piano expertise into the mix.

Elsewhere in the programme Max plays a track from the new album by cellist-singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson, and some classic Bessie Smith, who was born 125 years ago this week and went on to become 鈥淓mpress of the Blues鈥�.

Produced by Jack Howson.
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.