Soothing songs from the shoreline ft. Anna Meredith
Drift away with Erland Cooper and a selection of music that ebbs and flows, like tides lapping at the shoreline. Plus composer Anna Meredith shares her musical safe haven.
Scottish composer Erland Cooper takes us to the shoreline for this episode, drawing on his experiences growing up on a rock surrounded by the North Sea and the wild elements. He shares music that ebbs and flows, with wading seabirds, drifting boats, drones and tones, including Claire M Singer, Mary Lattimore and Peter Maxwell Davies.
Plus we travel to the musical safe haven of another Scottish composer, Anna Meredith. She shares the Messiaen piece that always reminds her to take a breath.
Produced by Kit Callin
A Reduced Listening production
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Music Played
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J贸nsi & Alex
Wind in our ears
- 碍谤煤苍办.
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Richard Gillis
Butterfly Mornings
Performer: Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions.- Rough Trade.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness, Op. 89 No. 1
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Naxos.
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Duval Timothy
Grass
Performer: Duval Timothy.- Carrying Colour.
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Gabr铆el 脫lafs
Whales at dusk
Performer: Gabr铆el 脫lafs.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Claire M Singer
Wrangham
Performer: Claire M Singer.- Touch.
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Anna Meredith
Waterfall
Performer: Anna Meredith.- Universal Music.
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Olivier Messiaen
Quartet for the End of Time V. Louange a虁 l'Eternite虂 de Je虂sus
Performer: Olivier Messiaen. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Decca.
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Jonny Greenwood
Alma
Performer: Jonny Greenwood.- Nonesuch Records.
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Mary Lattimore
Chop on The Climbout
Performer: Mary Lattimore.- Ghostly International.
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Poppy Ackroyd & Norman Ackroyd
Notes on Water
- One Little Independent Records.
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Tides V
Performer: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.- Touchtheplants Studio.
Broadcasts
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