This first edition of a new season is based around
New Music 87, the recently published journal of contemporary music in Britain, edited by Michael Finnissy and Roger Wright , who introduces the programme.
Cornelius Cardew Paragraph I (The Great Learning)
SCRATCH ORCHESTRA. Record Keyboard pieces by Chris Newman , Gerald Barry
Richard Barrett , Robin Holloway James Dillon , Howard Skempton Roger Redgate , Michael Finnissy , John Tavener and Judith Weir from the music supplement to New Music 87 (all first performances) MICHAEL FINNISSY (piano/ harpsichord)
Gavin Bryars Effarene (first broadcast)
NICOLE TIBBELS (soprano)
MARY KING (mezzo-soprano) MUSIC PROJECTS/LONDON conducted by RICHARD BERNAS