Jez Nelson presents the first of two programmes featuring highlights from the Freedom of the City festival, which took place in May at Conway Hall, London, and featured large and small acoustic and electroacoustic ensembles performing at the cutting edge of contemporary free music. This year artists included Simon H Fell, Eddie Prevost , Gail Brand , John Edwards , the London Improvisers Orchestra, Rhodri Davies ,
Caroline Kraabel , Keith Rowe and Paul Rutherford. Part two will be broadcast next Friday.