This forum of representatives of broadcasting organisations meets annually at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to exchange contemporary music. In 1982 there were 68 works presented and in this, the first of six programmes, David Byers makes a personal selection.
Ciampaolo Testent Le Nuvole - Divertimento Ensemble conductor Sandro Gorli
Ake Hermanson Utopia - Swedish Radio Orchestra conductor Leif Segerstam
Doming Lam Insect World - Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra conductor Doming Lam (first UK broadcasts)
(Recordings from RAI Rome, SR Stockholm, RTHK Hong Kong)