
Illuminations
Elizabeth Alker with a mid-winter journey through new music from today’s most exciting genre-defying artists.
On the weekend of the winter solstice, join Elizabeth Alker with a selection of fresh music from genre-defying artists as we journey through ambient and experimental soundscapes that complement perfectly this unique moment in the year. And Elizabeth speaks with writer Melissa Harrison - author of books including ‘Homecoming: A Guided Journal to Lead You Back to Nature’ and ‘All Among The Barley’ - about the forthcoming Tune into Nature Prize that the two will help to judge and the profound connections that bind together music and the natural world.
Produced by Geoff Bird
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Nation of Language
Auld Lang Sine Wave
- 'CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME)' / 'AULD LANG SINE WAVE'.
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James Adrian Brown
Hold Hands
- Without A Trace.
- Strid Records.
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Valentina Goncharova
Silence
- Ocean - Symphony for Electric Violin and other instruments in 10+ parts.
- Hidden Harmony Recordings.
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Sam McLoughlin, David Chatton Barker, Bridget Hayden, Daniel Bridgwood-Hill & Ramsey Janini
Opening Theme
- The Witches of Eagle Crag.
- West Yorkshire Folklore Tapes.
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Oliver Coates
Living branches (feat. Chrysanthemum Bear)
- Throb, shiver, arrow of time.
- RVNG INTL.
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Slomo
Antechamber
- Zen and Zennor.
- Trilithon Records.
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Laura Cannell
Sing We Now
- Midwinter Processionals.
- Brawl Records.
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Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions
She Moved Through The Fayre
- Cold Blows the Rain.
- Basin Rock.
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Brigid Mae Power
In Dreams
- Songs for You.
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Letty Stott
Cornu
- Cornu.
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Zoë Keating
Icefloe
- Snowmelt.
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Federico Albanese
Your Spell
- Your Spell.
- XXIM Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 22 Dec 202423:30BBC Radio 3

