Floating, flying
Elizabeth Alker with a playlist of genre-defying music from today's most exciting makers, featuring Brighde Chaimbeul, Donna McKevitt, and Frances Chang.
Elizabeth Alker soundtracks your late-summer night with a playlist of genre-defying music from today's most exciting makers. We'll hear from independent producers whose work plays with orchestral textures and classical form as well as the latest sounds from a new generation of contemporary composers who look to embrace the spirit of rock, pop and electronica. This week's picks include a haunting re-invention of the Scottish small pipes from Brighde Chaimbeul, a celestial choral piece by Donna McKevitt, and off-kilter pop inspired by the RPG ‘King’s Quest’ from Frances Chang.
Produced by Jamie Green
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
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Donna McKevitt & The Marian Consort
O vos - after Gesualdo's "o vos omnes"
- McKevitt: O vos (after Gesualdo's "o vos omnes").
- Delphian Records.
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Dustin O’Halloran & Memorial
The Lightness
- Jera.
- OPIA.
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Simon Goff
August
- Interior Realms - vol. I.
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Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Why is the Lion?
- We Are Together Again.
- Domino Recordings.
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Fohn
Sanctuary In Waiting
- Porcelain.
- Odda Recordings.
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Brìghde Chaimbeul
A' Chailleach
- Sunwise.
- tak:til.
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Carmen Villain
Entre Nosotros
- Memoria.
- Smalltown Supersound.
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Lumina
Communion
- Seeker.
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Frances Chang
I can feel the waves
- been thinking bout confession.
- RVNG Intl..
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Laura Cannell
Fire Signals
- Battalia.
- Brawl Records.
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Sofie Birch
Spirit Cartography
- Bivabippabualukka.
- Stroom.tv.
Broadcast
- Sunday23:30BBC Radio 3
What is unclassified music?
Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.
