Helen Mort's Listening Chair
Elizabeth Alker picks new releases from the world of ambient music. Plus celebrated writer Helen Mort shares a piece of music that transports her elsewhere.
Elizabeth Alker welcomes Helen Mort to the Unclassified Listening Chair to share a track that transports her elsewhere. Helen has been described by Carol Ann Duffy as being 鈥渁mong the brightest stars in the sparkling new constellation of British poets鈥� and is also widely celebrated for her work in fiction, drama and creative non-fiction. A keen walker and climber, Helen鈥檚 writing displays a deep engagement with the rhythms of the body and the natural world.
Elsewhere in the programme, Elizabeth shares the latest sounds from a new generation of contemporary composers who look to embrace the spirit of rock, pop and electronica.
Produced by Geoff Bird
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Chris Watson
El Divisadero
- El Tren Fantasma.
- Touch.
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Liz Hanks
Ley (An Open Area Of Land, Clearing In A Wood)
- Land.
- Hudson Records.
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Wata Igarashi
Mineral
- Quantum Sound.
- Mastery.
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Kelly Moran
Don't Trust Mirrors
- Don't Trust Mirrors.
- Warp Records.
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KMRU
Blurred
- Kin.
- Editions Mego.
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Jez riley French
Narasomo
- Narasomo.
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Gwenifer Raymond
One Day You'll Lie Here But Everything Will Have Changed
- Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark.
- We Are Busy Bodies.
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John Grant
Pale Green Ghosts
- John Grant with the 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra Live In Concert.
- Bella Union.
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Harry Christelis
A Sense of Parrot
- Preserving Fictions.
- Clonmell Jazz Social.
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The Orielles
To Undo The World Itself
- You are Eating a Part of Yourself / To Undo the World Itself.
- Heavenly Recordings.
Broadcast
- Sun 15 Feb 2026 23:30麻豆社 Radio 3
What is unclassified music?
Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.