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Borderlands

Tom Service with new music from around the world that challenges borders - political, physical, temporal and stylistic. Plus, Robert Worby catches up with composer Christopher Fox.

Tom Service with recordings of new music from around the world that challenge borders - political, physical, temporal and stylistic, including music for erhu and piano by Gao Ping, music for voice and cello by Nathalie Joachim, and new commissions from the 2020 Witten Festival. Also a chance to hear composer Christopher Fox in conversation with Robert Worby.

Christopher Fox: ‘Rendered Account’
Exaudi conducted by James Weeks

Gao Ping (高平): ‘’Hu Yan’ (6 pieces)
Nicole Ge Li (erhu)
Corey Hamm (piano)

Katia Beaugeais: ‘Breath by Breath’
Katia Beaugeais (soprano saxophone)

From the 2020 Witten Festival:

Carola Bauckholt: ‘Vakuum, for two female voices with two vacuum cleaners’
Neue Vokalsolisten
Johanna Vargas, high soprano
Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano

Lucia Ronchetti: “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”, an a cappella cabaret for four voices
[Text: after Edgar Allan Poe and Federico Fellini]
Neue Vokalsolisten
Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano
Martin Nagy, tenor
Guillermo Anzorena, baritone
Andreas Fischer, bass

Nathalie Joachim: ‘Dam Mwen Yo’
Amanda Gookin (cello)
Nathalie Joachim (pre-recorded vocals)

Christoph Schiller: ‘Cartes No. 3’
Cyril Bondi - Indian harmonium, pitch pipes, harmonica
Pierre-Yves Martel - viola da gamba, pitch pipes, harmonica
Christoph Schiller - spinet & preparations

Plus, from Austria, a recording of ‘Projections in Real Time’ by Nicholas Morrish. A musical exploration of being in the present, performed by the Schallfeld Ensemble

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Aug 2020 22:00

Music Played

  • Christopher Fox

    Rendered Account

    Choir: EXAUDI. Conductor: James Weeks.
    • A Glimpse Of Sion’s Glory.
    • NMC.
    • 14.
  • Gao Ping

    'Hu Yan' (胡言)

    Performer: Nicole Ge Li. Performer: Corey Hamm.
    • Piano and Erhu Project - Volume 3.
    • Redshift Records.
  • Katia Beaugeais

    Breath by Breath, for solo soprano saxophone

  • Carola Bauckholt

    Vakuum, for two female voices with two vacuum cleaners

    Singer: Johanna Vargas. Singer: Truike van der Poel.
  • Christopher Fox

    L'Ascenseur

    Performer: Philip Thomas.
    • Christopher Fox: Works for Piano.
    • hat[now]ART.
    • 1.
  • Christopher Fox

    The work we are going about is this: that we may work in righteousness ((from 'A Glimpse of Sion's Glory')

    Choir: Exaudi. Conductor: James Weeks.
    • Christopher Fox - A Glimpse Of Sion's Glory.
    • NMC.
    • 4.
  • Christopher Fox

    Unlocking the grid

    Performer: Heather Roche.
    • Christopher Fox: Headlong.
    • 惭é迟颈别谤.
    • 5.
  • Christopher Fox

    Topophony

    Performer: John Butcher. Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Christopher Fox: Topophony.
    • hat[now]ART.
  • Nathalie Joachim

    Dam Mwen Yo

    Performer: Amanda Gookin. Singer: Nathalie Joachim.
    • Forward Music Project 1.0.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 1.
  • Lucia Ronchetti

    'Never Bet the Devil Your Head', a cappella cabaret for four voices

    Singer: Truike van der Poel. Singer: Martin Nagy. Singer: Guillermo Anzorena. Singer: Andreas Fischer.
  • Nicholas Morrish

    Projections in Real Time

    Ensemble: Schallfeld Ensemble.
  • Christoph Schiller

    Cartes No. 3

    Performer: Cyril Bondi. Performer: Pierre-Yves Martel. Performer: Christoph Schiller.
    • Hyazo.
    • Another Timbre.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Aug 2020 22:00

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