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Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: Richard Barrett

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05/05/2018

Richard Barrett

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Richard Barrett

Robert Worby presents Richard Barrett's new piece Close-Up, performed by Ensemble Studio6.

Robert Worby reviews new CDs with Neil Luck, and introduces a performance of Richard Barrett's new piece Close-Up, performed by Ensemble Studio6, recorded in Oxford in March.

Robert Worby reviews new CDs of contemporary music with Neil Luck, and introduces a performance of Richard Barrett's new large-scale piece Close-Up, performed by Ensemble Studio6, recorded at Audiograft festival in Oxford in March. The work explores the relationship between pre-composed and spontaneously improvised musical actions.

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