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Patricia Alessandrini's A Complete History of Music

The latest in new music, including Patricia Alessandrini's A Complete History of Music, from Witten New Music Days, and Georg Friedrich Haas's classic Open Spaces II, from Vienna.

New Music Show: Kate Molleson explores some of the latest sounds with performances recorded at some of the world's top new music festivals.

Tonight there's Patricia Alessandrini's 'A complete history of Music,' for string quartet and electronics and Carola Baukholt's 'Solastalgia,' for violin, tape and video from the Witten New Music Days, and Martin Schüttler's 'i wd leave leaf & dance,' from Donaueschinger. And, from Wien Modern, a contemporary classic by Georg Friedrich Haas, his Open Spaces II (in memory of James Tenney) for four spatially distributed groups of instruments. Plus an eclectic mix of the latest releases.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Halim El‐Dabh

    Michael and the Dragon

    Performer: Halim El‐Dabh.
    • Crossing into the Electric Magnetic.
    • Without Fear.
    • 4.
  • Vivian Fung

    String Quartet No. 4: "Insects and Machines" (extract)

    Ensemble: Jasper String Quartet.
    • Insects & Machines.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 12.
  • Patricia Alessandrini

    Song of Alma

    Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum.
    • Leçons de ténèbres.
    • Huddersfield Contemporary Records.
    • 1.
  • Carola Bauckholt

    Solastalgia

    Composer: Karin Hellqvist. Performer: Carola Bauckholt. Performer: Karin Hellqvist.
  • David Fennessy

    Normon Norquoy Recalls a Mermaid

    Ensemble: The Robinson Panoramic Quartet.
    • The Night With​.​.​. Live Vol Three.
    • TNW Music.
    • 5.
  • Georg Friedrich Haas

    Open Spaces II (in memory of James Tenney)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Enno Poppe.
  • Halim El‐Dabh

    Michael and the Dragon

    Performer: Halim El‐Dabh.
    • Crossing Into The Electric Magnetic.
    • Without Fear.
    • 4.
  • Patricia Alessandrini

    A complete history of Music

    Performer: SWR Experimentalstudio. Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima.
  • Carlos Niño

    Maha Rose North 102021

    Performer: Carlos Niño. Performer: Laraaji. Performer: Photay. Performer: Lionmilk. Performer: Arji.
    • (I'm just) Chillin', on Fire.
    • International Anthem.
    • 5.
  • Nilufar Habibian

    The Story Of Ms Or Mr X

    Performer: Nilufar Habibian.
    • Noise A Noise 21.1.
    • Noise A Noise.
    • 2.
  • Martin Schüttler

    i wd leave leaf & dance

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Sep 2023 22:00

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