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Tears Apart and Dawn Chorus

Kate Molleson presents the latest in contemporary music, including recent live performances from soprano Mimi Doulton and the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra.

Kate Molleson presents the latest in contemporary music, featuring standout new releases alongside recent live performances. This week, soprano Mimi Doulton performs Kr玫玫t-K盲rt Kaev's tears apart from Spitalfields Festival; there's a birthday salute to Australian composer Liza Lim featuring her landmark Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus; adventurous sounds from the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra; and a major new release from pianist Mark Knoop devoted to the music of Adam de la Cour.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 29 Aug 2026 22:30

Music Played

  • Finn Loxbo

    Tumlare, from Lummernikt

    • Fonstret.
  • Colin Stetson

    Dirt Dance, from All the light in the world

    Composer: Br矛ghde Chaimbeul. Performer: Colin Stetson. Performer: Br矛ghde Chaimbeul.
    • Invada Records via Bandcamp.
  • Liza Lim

    Inguz

    Performer: Michelle Hromin. Performer: Oona Lowther.
    • GB麻豆社.
  • Kr玫玫t-K盲rt Kaev

    tears apart (World Premiere)

    Performer: Jonathan Higgins. Singer: Mimi Doulton.
    • GB麻豆社.
  • Adam de la Cour

    Phantom Edition (2011/2016) for piano and electronics part II

    Performer: Mark Knoop.
    • KAIROS.
  • Raymond MacDonald

    Gentle Bells of Resistance

    Orchestra: The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra.
    • GB麻豆社.
  • Liza Lim

    Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus

    Performer: Sophie Schafleitner. Orchestra: Klangforum Wien. Conductor: Peter Rundel.
    • KAIROS.
  • Clara Levy

    Alluvium, from Songs of Erosion

    Composer: Victor Guaita. Performer: Victor Guaita. Performer: Clara Levy.
    • Discreet Editions and undaci贸n Cerezales Antonino y Cinia.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Aug 2026 22:30

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