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Elizabeth Alker shares a selection of music from genre-defying artists, with reimagined silent film scores, allotment recordings and Icelandic metal pipes.

Elizabeth Alker shares a selection of music from genre-defying artists whose work drawns on and reinvents classical tradition. This week we’ll hear part of a reimagined 1930’s silent film score from Haiku Salut and Meg Morley, new shimmering sounds from American composer Tyondai Braxton, and recordings from an allotment in Nottingham courtesy of Ben McElroy.

Plus we dive into the new work of Yorkshire-based sound artist Jez Riley French, who shares some insights into his approach to recording and the listening experience.

Produced by Kit Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Tyondai Braxton

    Piiano

    • Piiano.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Richard Norris

    River's Song

    • 8MM.

  • Calibre

    Tricklemore Sea

    • Tricklemore Sea.
    • SIGNATURE.

  • Ben McElroy

    Urban Nature

    • Allotment Tapes #6.

  • Tara Clerkin Trio

    Lazy Daisy

    • Somewhere Good.

  • Jez riley French

    ísland / pípu tónlist

    • ísland / pípu tónlist.

  • Ancient Infinity Orchestra

    Akshay

    • It’s Always About Liberation.
    • Gondwana Records.

  • Yana Pavlova & Pavel Milyakov

    Healing Sun

    • Thrill.
    • psy X records.

  • Bex Burch

    Hello Again

    • notes 001.

  • Biita Houdei

    Life Inside the Hourglass

    • Life Inside the Hourglass.
    • Basin Rock.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 23:30
    BBC Radio 3

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