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23/07/2022

Music from the recent Iannis Xenakis Centenary - Maths and Music Festival in Birmingham and London Contemporary Music Festival 2022.

Kate Molleson introduces music from the recent Iannis "Xenakis Centenary - Maths and Music Festival" in Birmingham, including Xenakis's Jalons, which was composed in 1986 and means signposts or landmarks; and Samantha Fernando's Breathing Forest - a meditation on the inner struggles of a woman and her transformation through the Japanese art of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group is joined by soprano, Anna Dennis and conductor, Gabriella Teychenn茅. And there's music by Rebecca Saunders recorded last month at the London Contemporary Music Festival (LCMF), Dust 2 is performed by percussionists Dirk Rothburst and Christian Dierstein.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Jul 2022 22:00

Music Played

  • Pamela Z

    An-In

    Singer: Pamela Z.
    • Echolocation.
    • Freedom To Spend.
  • Ensemble Nist-Nah

    Planeker

    Ensemble: Ensemble Nist-Nah.
    • Elders.
    • Black Truffle.
  • Samantha Fernando

    Breathing Forest

    Singer: Anna Dennis. Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.
  • Iannis Xenakis

    Jalons

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.
  • Nancy Mounir

    Khafif Khafif

    Performer: Nancy Mounir. Performer: Saleh Abdel Hay.
    • Nozhet El Nofous.
    • Simsara Records.
  • Sam Gendel

    LAX Tunnel

    Performer: Sam Gendel.
  • Rebecca Saunders

    Dust 2

    Performer: Dirk Rothburst. Performer: Christian Dierstein.
  • Tyshawn Sorey

    For George Lewis

    Ensemble: Alarm Will Sound.
    • Cantaloupe.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Jul 2022 22:00

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