Alvin Lucier focus
Tom Service presents a special focus on the music of Alvin Lucier, who died last month. with highlights from a recent concert of his music and an in-depth archive interview.
Tom Service presents a special focus on the music of Alvin Lucier, who died last month, with highlights from a concert of his music recorded in London, and an in-depth archive interview with him.
Alvin Lucier: EPO5
Alvin Lucier: Two Circles
Ever Present Orchestra
Also tonight, music from Aberdeen Sound Festival 2021:
Tansy Davies: Yoik II
David Fennessy: Divje Babe
Ruth Morley (flute)
Luke Styles: Five Phase Sphere
Red Note Ensemble
And from Donaueshingen Music Days 2021:
Oyvind Torvund: Plans
Klangforum Wien
Lucier was a distinguished American experimental composer. Much of his work was influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media.
The Ever Present Orchestra was formed exclusively to perform the music of Lucier, in Switzerland in 2017. The concert featuring in tonight's show was recorded in London in 2019, and Tom also talks to the orchestra's director, Bernhard Rietbrock, about Lucier's legacy.
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Gavin Higgins
Gursky Landscapes: II. Les M茅es
Performer: David Cohen. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.- Gavin Higgins: Ekstasis.
- Nimbus.
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Alvin Lucier
EPO5
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Alvin Lucier
Music For Solo Performer
Performer: Alvin Lucier.- Music For Solo Performer.
- Lovely Music.
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Alvin Lucier
Music On A Long Thin Wire (extract)
Performer: Alvin Lucier.- Music On A Long Thin Wire.
- Lovely Music.
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John Cage
Two5
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Alvin Lucier
Sferics
Performer: Alvin Lucier.- Sferics.
- Lovely Music.
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Alvin Lucier
Two Circles
Ensemble: Ever Present Orchestra. -
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Tansy Davies
Yoik II
Performer: Ruth Morley. -
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Luke Styles
Five Phase Sphere
Ensemble: Red Note Ensemble. Conductor: William Cole. -
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David Fennessy
Divje Babe
Performer: Ruth Morley. -
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Oyvind Torvund
Plans
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien. -
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David Lumsdaine
6 Postcard Pieces, no.5: Sonata
Performer: Peter Lawson.- White Dawn: Songs and Soundscapes by David Lumsdaine.
- 惭茅迟颈别谤.
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David Lumsdaine
Soundscapes IV: Serenade
Performer: Gemini.- White Dawn: Songs and Soundscapes by David Lumsdaine.
- 惭茅迟颈别谤.
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Broadcast
- Sat 15 Jan 2022 22:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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