Episode 1
Music from the 2015 Cut and Splice music festival, by Luc Ferrari, Clara Iannotta, Dawn Scarfe, Henry Cowell, Cathy van Eck, Simon Loffler, Agostino di Scipio and Michael Pisaro.
91热爆 Radio 3's ground-breaking festival of experimental sound Cut & Splice returns to the airwaves with recordings from last weekend's event at London's Cafe Oto, curated by the composer Joanna Bailie and featuring the group Ensemble Plus-Minus. Bailie's programme links the work of the early pioneers of the avant-garde to the trail-blazers of today and explores the relationships between music machines and the environment.
Presented by Robert Worby.
Luc Ferrari: Presque Rien No.1 (1970) for pre-recorded media
Clara Iannotta: The people here go mad. They blame the wind. (2013-14) for bass clarinet, cello, piano and 12 music boxes
Dawn Scarfe: Air Traffic (2006) for pre-recorded media
Henry Cowell: Aeolian Harp (1923) for solo piano
Cathy van Eck: Groene Ruis (2007) - performance project for a sounding tree
Simon L酶ffler: b (2012) for 3 players, neon lights, effect pedals and a loose jack cable
Agostino di Scopio: Audible Ecosystems, n.3a (background noise study) (2004-5)
Michael Pisaro: Fields have ears 1 (2009) for piano and pre-recorded media
James Saunders: like you and like you (2015) for 3 performers
Ensemble Plus-Minus: Mark Knoop (piano), Vick Wright (clarinet), Alice Purton (cello)
Clara Iannotta (music box)
Owen Green (electronics)
Cathy van Eck (performer)
Recorded at Caf茅 Oto, London, 25-26 September. Cut & Splice is a partnership between Sound and Music, the national charity for new music, and 91热爆 Radio 3's Hear and Now.
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Video: Cut and Splice Festival 2015
Duration: 02:07
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Luc Ferrari
Presque Rien No. 1
Performer: Owen Green. -
Clara Iannotta
The people here go mad. The blame the wind.
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Dawn Scarfe
Air Traffic
Performer: Owen Green. -
Henry Cowell
Aeolian Harp
Performer: Mark Knoop. -
Simon Loffler
b
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus-Minus. -
Agostino Di Scipio
Audible Ecosystems, n.3a
Performer: Owen Green. -
Michael Pisaro鈥怢iu
Fields have ears 1
Performer: Mark Knoop. -
James Saunders
Like you and like me
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus-Minus.
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