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Unclassified Live: Erland Cooper with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic at Aerial Festival

Elizabeth Alker introduces Erland Cooper in concert with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra at the Aerial Festival in Ambleside.

Elizabeth Alker presents a very special episode of Unclassified recorded at Aerial Festival in Ambleside, Cumbria. She’ll be on stage at St. Mary’s Church to introduce a unique concert which sees Erland Cooper teaming up with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra for a reimagining of his latest work 'Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence', featuring solo violinist Freya Goldmark.

At forty years of age, Erland has already established himself as one of the leading voices in a new generation of neoclassical composers, with albums like Solan Goose and Sule Skerry establishing his trademark sound, steeped in the sea-swept rhythms and atmospheres of his Orkney home. For his latest album 'Carve The Runes', he explores themes of time and decay through a compositional process that involved burying the master tapes of the album in the ground and leaving clues for intrepid fans to find them and release them into the world.

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Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Last on

Sun 1 Dec 2024 23:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Erland Cooper

    Folded Landscapes, Movement 6

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran.
    • Recorded for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 at St Mary’s Church, Ambleside, as part of Aerial Festi.

  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 at St Mary’s Church, Ambleside, as part of Aerial Festival.

  • Erland Cooper

    Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Freya Goldmark. Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 at St Mary’s Church, Ambleside, as part of Aerial Festival.

  • Erland Cooper

    Movement 2

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Simon Armitage. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Folded Landscapes.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Erland Cooper

    Movement 5 - Pt. 2

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Scottish Ensemble. Performer: Simon Armitage.
    • Folded Landscapes.
    • Mercury Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Dec 2024 23:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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What is unclassified music?

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