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Lights and Places

On the eve of the Winter Solstice, Kate Molleson finds some tracks for those long, dark winter nights. And, as usual, the best and latest in cutting-edge and experimental music.

Kate Molleson presents a mix of specially recorded new music and new releases. And, on the eve of the Winter Solstice, she'll find some tracks to keep you warm on those long, dark winter nights.

From the Manchester Collective's recent South Bank Centre concert 'Lights and Places,' there's a work by Mathis Saunier inspired by the experiences of musician friends recording 'neutral' sounds for use in computer-generated compositions, those sounds treated like factory-made components to be used in anything from toys to industrial machinery. Also from that concert comes Jocelyn Campbell's new work for string trio, imagined as he sat on the night bus at 3am with the world drifting by - lights flickering vaguely though through the steamed up windows. And, from this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, there's vocal music by Arvo P盲rt and Finnish composer Joel Ja虉rventausta's setting of words by Sara Teasdale musing on the power of nature to prevail, ending with a nod to Hildegard von Bingen鈥檚 responsory O nobilissima viriditas 鈥� O most noble greenness.

From Manchester Collective:
Alex Groves: Alula
Mathis Saunier: HYPERMEMORIA
A piece for violin, cello, electric guitar, electronics, light system, and participative audience
Errollyn Wallen: All the Blues I see
Jocelyn Campbell: 3AM: Lights and places flicker endlessly, passing by alongside old memories that evoke but will not linger...
Anna Meredith: tuggemo

From Huddersfield Contemporary Music Ferstival:
Irene Buckley: Liminalis
Darragh Morgan (violin and electronics)

Joel Jarventausta: There will come soft rains
Arvo P盲rt: The Beatitudes
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Music Played

  • Traditional Norwegian

    Den Lange Natt

    Music Arranger: Hekate. Lyricist: Dorothe Engelbretsdotter. Ensemble: Hekate.
    • Evigheten Forest氓r.
    • Heilo.
    • 8.

  • Alex Groves

    Alula

    Performer: Rakhi Singh.

  • Linda Catlin Smith

    The Plains

    Performer: Cheryl Duvall.
    • Linda Catlin Smith: The Complete Piano Solos (1989-2023) Vol. 1.
    • Redshift Music.
    • 1.

  • Joel J盲rventausta

    There will come soft rains

    Choir: Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.

  • Marc Sabat

    Streams Barely in Winter 1 - Cold

    Performer: Sara Cubarsi.
    • Bach Tunings.
    • Another Timbre.
    • 1.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    The Beatitudes

    Performer: Christopher Bowers-Broadbent. Choir: Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.

  • Mathis Saunier

    HYPERMEMORIA

    Ensemble: Manchester Collective.

  • Irene Buckley

    Liminalis

    Performer: Darragh Morgan.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    All the Blues I see (for flute and string quartet)

    Ensemble: Manchester Collective.

  • Jocelyn Campbell

    3AM: Lights and places flicker endlessly, passing by alongside old memories that evoke but will not linger...

    Ensemble: Manchester Collective.

  • Anna Meredith

    tuggemo

    Ensemble: Manchester Collective.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Dec 2025 22:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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