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Transcend the conventional materials of composition - Jessie Marino's Inspirations

The latest in new music performance including the UK premiere of Chicago-born Henry Threadgill's Sixfivetwo for string quartet and Jessie Marino talking about her Inspirations.

New Music Show: Tom Service takes a deep-dive into the latest sounds.

Tonight's show includes the UK premiere of Chicago-born Henry Threadgill's Sixfivetwo, a work which pushes the boundaries of the string quartet, that most traditional of forms. As Henry Threadgill says: 'It's a shame that the classical concert world doesn't understand how important improvisation is… Everything is about exploration. We get to where we are because of exploration… and we won't improve anything unless we have an improvisational approach to life.'

Also tonight, the world premiere in Cologne of Kristine Tjøgersen’s Pelagic Dreamscape: 'In the middle of the open ocean, in the pelagic island landscape, you hear the repetitive drumming song of the common snipe. The buzzing of insects tickles your ear before everything is swallowed up by big waves. Rolling up and down with powerful forces; the pelagic zone can be thought of as an imaginary cylinder or water column between the surface of the sea and the bottom. We are flying, we are on solid ground, we are floating, we are underwater.'

And, in 'Inspirations', the Berlin-based composer, media artist and performer Jessie Marino talks about what inspires her to write works which, she says, 'transcend the conventional materials of composition and help audiences locate music in the most commonplace activities and relations.'

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Sat 3 Feb 2024 22:00
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Music Played

  • Sigur Rós

    Flugufelsarinn (The Fly Freer)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.

  • Jessie Marino

    Grind a stone

    Performer: Jessie Marino.
    • Mantis (EP).
    • Jessie Marino.
    • 1.

  • Kristine Tjøgersen

    Pelagic Dreamscape

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Rite of Spring: The Adoration of the Earth (Introduction)

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.
    • Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring).
    • Columbia Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Alvin Lucier

    Bird and Person Dyning

    Performer: Alvin Lucier. Performer: Nicolas Collins. Performer: Stuart Marshall.
    • Alvin Lucier: Bird And Person Dyning.
    • Cramps Records.
    • 1.

  • Traditional American

    Idumea (47B)

  • Robert Ashley

    Love Is A Good Example

    Performer: Robert Ashley.
    • A Confederacy Of Dances Vol. 2: Concert Recordings From The Roulette Series, New.
    • Einstein Records.
    • 6.

  • Marta Warelis

    in waves

    Performer: Marta Warelis.
    • A Grain of Earth.
    • Relative Pitch Records.

  • Henry Threadgill

    Sixfivetwo

    Ensemble: Mivos Quartet.

  • Annie Aries

    It's Not Quiet In The Void - Formatic

    Performer: Annie Aries.
    • It​’​s Not Quiet In The Void.
    • Everest Records.
    • 8.

  • Sarah Westwood

    SUTURE for solo cello and electronics

    Performer: Ivana Peranic. Performer: Sarah Westwood.

  • Hugues Dufourt

    L'enclume du rêve d'après Chillida

    Performer: Yaron Deutsch. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling.

  • Davide Del Col

    Umeå, part 1

    Performer: Davide Del Col.
    • UmeÃ¥ [Reissue].
    • The MGS lab'L.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Feb 2024 22:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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