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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 Krõõt-Kärt 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.

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Music Played

  • Finn Loxbo

    Tumlare, from Lummernikt

    • Fonstret.
  • Colin Stetson

    Dirt Dance, from All the light in the world

    Composer: Brìghde Chaimbeul. Performer: Colin Stetson. Performer: Brìghde Chaimbeul.
    • Invada Records via Bandcamp.
  • Liza Lim

    Inguz

    Performer: Michelle Hromin. Performer: Oona Lowther.
    • GBBBC.
  • Krõõt-Kärt Kaev

    tears apart (World Premiere)

    Performer: Jonathan Higgins. Singer: Mimi Doulton.
    • GBBBC.
  • 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.
    • GBBBC.
  • 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 undación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia.

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