Spectral Fields
Elizabeth Alker with a late-night journey through new music from today’s most exciting genre-defying artists.
Join Elizabeth Alker with a selection of fresh music from genre-defying artists as we journey through landscapes of ambient and experimental sounds. In this week’s show, we’ll hear captivating new music from one of Ireland’s most gifted composers, Linda Buckley; a glorious celebration of having a crush on someone from the all-female south London vocal group Woom; and Anna Högberg Attack’s new double-sextet ensemble play a moving mediation on grief from from their forthcoming album, Ensamseglaren.
Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
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On radio
Music Played
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David Bowie
Moss Garden
- Heroes.
- Parlophone UK.
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Roger Eno
Forgiveness
- Without Wind/Without Air.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
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Masabumi Kikuchi
Manhã de Carnaval
- Hanamichi - The Final Studio Recording Vol. II.
- Red Hook Records.
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Alex Groves
Hold Me Close
- New Music Biennial 2025.
- NMC Recordings.
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Tim Linghaus
Aluminium and Mercury
- Aluminium and Mercury.
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Woom
Welts
- To Slow You.
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Linda Buckley, Maxwell String Quartet & Brìghde Chaimbeul
A Path of Yellow Moonlight
- New Music Biennial 2025.
- NMC Recordings.
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Waldo's Gift
Toxicity
- Toxicity.
- Severn Songs Ltd.
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Meitei
Yon-no-yu
- Sen'nyū / 泉涌.
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Tomat
Shift
- Afasi.
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Anna Högberg Attack
Ensamseglaren
- Ensamseglaren.
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James Yorkston
Where's The Time
- Songs for Nina and Johanna.
- Domino.
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Sep 202523:30BBC Radio 3
- Sun 25 Jan 202623:30BBC Radio 3
What is unclassified music?
Elizabeth Alker introduces five of her favourite 'unclassifiable' pieces of music.
