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Journey into the Dark

Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification, featuring tracks by Gyda Valtysdottir, Nico Muhly and Guy Sigsworth.

Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification, including an exclusive extract of a new work to accompany dawn by composer James Bulley, performed by musicians in isolation in various locations across the country. There’s music by experimental composer R Elizabeth AKA Rachael Finney, Icelandic artist Gyda Valtysdottir and Olafur Arnalds in the hands of vocal group VOCES8. Plus brand new tracks from Kit Downes and Nico Muhly, and a collaboration between experimental musician Jonas Bonnetta and virtuoso violinist Edwin Huizinga, written and recorded in Big Sur, California, inspired by the surf, the dawn chorus and the poetry of Robinson Jeffers.

Unclassified is a late night listening party, a place for curious ears to congregate, disconnect from all other devices and get lost in some soothing, serene and strange new sounds. It's a home for composers whose work cannot easily be categorised, artists who are as comfortable in a grimy basement venue as they are in a prestigious concert hall.

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Thu 21 May 2020 23:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Thomas William Hill

    Pinhole Eclipse

    • VILLAGE GREEN.

  • R Elizabeth

    Sanford Nine

    • The 343 Vol I.
    • Touch Sensitive Records.
    • 8.

  • Gyda Valtysdottir

    Unborn

    • figureight.

  • James Bulley

    Dawns (extract)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach & Huw Warren

    Prelude

    • Maizeh Music.

  • Guy Sigsworth & Imogen Heap

    Sing

    • Mercury KX.

  • Γ“lafur Arnalds & VOCES8

    Momentary (choral version)

    • Mercury KX.

  • Kit Downes, Petter Eldh & Aidan O’Rourke

    Bobbl's Song

    • white label.

  • Rhye

    Dark

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Nico Muhly & Timo Andres

    Move

    • Nonesuch.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Sea Change

    • Decca.

  • Chantal Acda

    Waiata Tamariki

    • Oorwerk.

  • Jonas Bonnetta and Edwin Huizinga

    Palo Colorado Canyon

    • Dark Watchers.
    • Idea of North Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Kamasi Washington

    Becoming

    • Young Turks.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 May 2020 23:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

What is unclassified music?

What is unclassified music?

Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.