BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composers Steven Daverson, Shiva Feshareki and creative sound engineers about symphonic electronics.
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Symphonic Electronics: Iridescence
The UK premiere of Juste Janulyte’s Iridescence by the BBC Singers opens a portal into the expanding musical universe of symphonic electronics – 'symphonic' in the ancient Greek meaning 'harmonious'.
Programme to include:
Juste JanulyteIrridescene (UK premiere)
Guildhall School musicians
BBC Singers
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Symphonic Electronics: Continents, Computers and Electronic
Continents, computers and electric dreams: Tristan Murail’s non-electronic orchestral classic Gondwana charts a course to new worlds with electronics sound from Steven Daverson and Misato Mochizuki.
Steven DaversonFigures outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background UK Premiere, BBC co-commission
Misato MochizukiIntrusions UK premiere
Tristan MurailGondwana
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkovconductor
Carl Faia live electronics
Steven Daversonlive electronics
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Symphonic Electronics: Stargazing: the future
Tom Service talks to Mike Roberts, Head of Electronic Music and Music Technology at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and Guildhall students about the bigger picture.
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Symphonic Electronics: Shiva Feshareki and Stockhausen
Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Shiva FesharekiBab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory
Karlheinz StockhausenCosmic Pulses
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jack Sheenconductor
Shiva Fesharekiturntables, live spatial electronics, sound design
Daniel Hulme systems design
Amir Fesharekicostume design
Christopher Williamslighting design
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Actress x Suzanne Ciani present Concrète Waves
A groundbreaking live music collaboration between two titans of avant-garde electronic music, Actress and Suzanne Ciani.