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Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.

The best and latest in cutting-edge and experimental new music. Kate Molleson and Tom Service present exclusive recordings, new releases, composer interviews and features.

The best and latest in cutting-edge and experimental new music. Kate Molleson and Tom Service present exclusive recordings, new releases, composer interviews and features from around the UK, Europe and across the world.

New Music Show: Spiders, moths and fears

Spiders, moths and fears

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The best new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.

Tom Service introduces music by Oliver Knussen, Elliott Carter and Harrison Birtwistle performed by the Nash Ensemble. Also, the world premiere of a new work by Genevieve  Murphy.

Spiders, moths, fears, Scottish bagpipes and Iranian Dastgah feature on the New Music Show tonight.

Tom Service introduces music by Oliver Knussen, the British premiere of a major work for bassoon inspired by Kafka, Study for Metamorphosis; Harrison Birtwistle’s Three Songs from the Holy Forest – settings of poems by Robin Blaser, which Birtwistle also set in his The Moth Requiem; and Elliott Carter’s Mosaic composed for the Nash Ensemble in 2004. There’s brand new work by Scottish composer, Genevieve Murphy which was recorded at the BBC’s Tectonics Festival in Glasgow and is performed by the composer herself as well as Scottish piper, Brighde Chaimbeul, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor, Ilan Volkov -   In An Agitated World was inspired by Murphy’s Fear of Spiders. Also, a new release of music from Iran by Fozié Majd, the Ulster Orchestra perform Ian Wilson’s Licht/ung and this week’s Sound of the Week comes from composer, Claudia Molitor.

Elliott Carter 
Mosaic 
Nash Ensemble 
Stefan Asbury (conductor)

Ian Wilson                              
Licht/ung         
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)

Fozié Majd                                                                  
Dreamland 
Darragh Morgan (violin)
Patrick Savage (violin)
Fiona Winning (viola)
Deirdre Cooper (cello)

Harrison Birtwistle                                                    
Three Songs from 'The Holy forest' 
Claire Booth (soprano)
Nash Ensemble 
Stefan Asbury (conductor)

Oliver Knussen                                                           
Study for 'Metamorphosis' for solo bassoon  
Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)

Genevieve Murphy                                                    
Calm In An Agitated World
Genevieve Murphy (vocalist and tape)       
Brighde Chaimbeul (pipes)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

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