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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: Iannis Xenakis; Amber Priestley; David Lang

Iannis Xenakis; Amber Priestley; David Lang

BBC Radio 3 - New Music Show, Iannis Xenakis; Amber Priestley; David Lang

The latest in new music performance, including David Lang's "The Little Match Girl Passion" and Gerald Barry talks about his setting of "God Save the Queen."

Kate Molleson with specially recorded performances including Amber Priestly's "For Jocelyn Bell Burnell" - a BBC commission which was premiered by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov at the recent Tectonics Festival in Glasgow. Kate marks the centenary of Iannis Xenakis with a performance of his work for harpsichord and chamber orchestra, "A l'île de Gorée" given by Gośka Isphording and the Riot Ensemble with conductor, Toby Thatcher. Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices perform David Lang's "The Little Match Girl Passion" which sets Hans Christian Andersen’s story, "The Little Match Girl", in the format of Bach’s "Saint Matthew Passion." There are new releases by the Norwegian improvising trio, Mokus and the Berlin-based guitarist, Julia Reidy. This week's look back at a decade of New Music Biennial pieces is Jason Yarde's "Skip, Dash, Flow" from 2012. And, as we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee this week, Gerald Barry talks about the power of hymns, anthems and mass singing as well as his settings of "Rule Britannia" and "God Save the Queen.”

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