Episode 3
Presented by Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Christian Marclay: Graffiti Composition. James Dillon: String Quartet No 6. Plus Hear and Now 50: Morton Feldman: Extensions 3.
Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduce further highlights from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, including the UK premiere of James Dillon's String Quartet No.6. Apartment House perform Christian Marclay's Graffiti Composition, the result of posting thousands of sheets of blank manuscript paper on the streets of Berlin in 1996; and Switzerland's basel sinfonietta perform Tim Parkinson's Orchestra Piece, part of a concert programme inspired by the work of Cornelius Cardew's Scratch Orchestra of the early 1970s.
And in the latest instalment of the Hear and Now Fifty, original Scratch Orchestra member Howard Skempton recalls his moment of epiphany on encountering Morton Feldman's Extensions 3 for piano. With commentary from music writer Paul Griffiths and excerpts from an archive interview with the composer himself.
Christian Marclay: Graffiti Composition
Apartment House
James Dillon: String Quartet No.6
Quatuor Diotima
Morton Feldman: Extensions 3
John Tilbury (piano)
Tim Parkinson: Orchestra Piece
basel sinfonietta.
Last on
Broadcast
- Sat 17 Dec 2011 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
Sound of the Week
Composers reveal the sounds that have captured their imaginations and inspired new music.
Stockhausen’s Gruppen – What’s the Big Deal?
A user-friendly guide to a masterpiece of music’s post-War avant-garde.
Pioneering Sound
Listen to Radio 3 broadcasts which break technological boundaries in sound.