Edward Cowie
Cowie's INhabitAT
Saturday 22 March 2008 22:30-0:00 (Radio 3)
As part of Radio 3's Rites of Spring season, Robert Worby introduces the world premiere of Edward Cowie's BBC commission INhabitAT, inspired by sounds from the natural world.
Plus a closer look at the art of soundscape composition with contributions from Peter Cusack, Isobel Clouter and John Drever.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
Presenter: Robert Worby
Producer: Felix Carey
John Levack Drever: Rookery near Dunsford March 2002 (0'43)
Peter Cusack: Quiet Day Beneath (0'26)
"This piece starts at the riverside cafe and travels underwater. Rowing and motor boats, stones falling into water and toads are all recorded from beneath the surface. Lea Valley, London springtime" Peter Cusack
EDWARD COWIE: INhabitAT
(BBC commission, first performance)
BBC Singers
Psappha
Nicholas Kok (conductor)
Recorded on Saturday the 15 March at BBC Maida Vale Studios
John Levack Drever: Phonographies of Exeter (excerpt) (2'00)
Peter Cusack: Nightingale Substation Fishers Green (1'08)
"A unique Lea Valley sound combination, Europe's most spectacular bird song against the all pervasive high voltage substation hum." Peter Cusack
Isobel Clouter: The Singing Sands (excerpt) (1'19)
Isobel Clouter: Chion-in temple, Nightingale floor, Saiho-ii temple, Kyoto (0'34)
From forthcoming CD "Myths of Origin - Sonic Ephemera from East Asia"
John Levack Drever: Phonographies of Exeter (excerpt) (1'16)
Isobel Clouter: St Anne's, Soho (1'02)
Peter Cusack: The Last Ice (1'12)
"Although the melting of the ice as a process takes weeks there are a few days when the ice finally disappears and the lake becomes open water again. It is an extremely spectacular and moving transformation. One cannot experience nature on such a vast scale in the UK. Afterwards only small clumps of floating icicles remain tinkling in the waves. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, springtime 2003". Peter Cusack
John Levack Drever: Excerpts from 'Sounding Dartmoor' (1'54)
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