Hear And Now

18 February 2006

Saturday 18 February 2006 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Sarah Walker presents contemporary music influenced by jazz. The main work tonight is Blood on the Floor; Mark-Anthony Turnage's visceral suite for jazz soloists and orchestra, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded at City Hall, Glasgow, earlier this month.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist

Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Philip Tagney
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns

Blood on the Floor
Mark-Anthony Turnage
'Blood on the Floor' (70'15")
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins with Peter Erskine (drums), Dave Carpenter (bass), John Parricelli (guitar), Martin Robertson (saxes and bass clarinet)

Dave Maric
'Designing Clouds' (14'25")
Katia Labeque Band: Katia Labeque (piano), Dave Maric (keyboards), Marque Gilmore (drums and percussion)

Segue

'Incantation' (14'10")
Katia Labeque Band

'Unspoken' (Dave Maric)/'Birds of Fire' (John McLaughlin) (5'10")
Katia Labeque Band with Fred Frith (guitar) and Viktoria Mullova (violin)


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