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Borealis Festival 2018

Kate Molleson reports from the 2018 Borealis festival for experimental music in Bergen, Norway, with performances from BIT20 String Quartet, Valen Trio and Duo Hellqvist/Amaral.

Kate Molleson reports from the 2018 Borealis festival for experimental music in Bergen, Norway, with performances from BIT20 String Quartet, Valen Trio and Duo Hellqvist/Amaral. Featured composer Peter Ablinger shares his Sound of the Week - a recording of many people talking in a cafe - and we hear from Laurence Crane and filmmaker Beatrice Gibson about collaborating on their Borealis commission, based on a film script by Gertrude Stein.

Jan Martin SmΓΈrdal: Cell piece - reverse alarm variations (2018)
BIT20 String Quartet

Catherine Lamb: Prisma Interius VII
Duo Hellqvist/Amaral

Raven Chacon: The Journey of the Horizontal People (2016
Kristine TjΓΈgersen - MistΓ©rios do Corpo (2017)
BIT20 String Quartet

Knut Vaage: Svev
Valen Trio.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 21 Jul 2018 22:00

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Jul 2018 22:00

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